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April 2024

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

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Various
Monday 1st April, 2024

About this event

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, a fantastic annual opportunity to raise awareness of bowel cancer. 

The earlier bowel cancer is spotted, the more treatable it’s likely to be. In fact, more than 9 in 10 people survive bowel cancer when it is diagnosed at the earliest stage.

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Some of the common symptoms of bowel cancer include:

  • Bleeding from the bottom and blood in poo
  • Persistent and unexplained change in bowel habit
  • Sudden and unexplained weight loss
  • Being easily fatigued with no obvious reason or cause
  • Pain or a lump in the tummy

If you have any of these symptoms, it’s important to ask your GP for an at-home test as soon as you can.

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