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Bowel health and screening

This talk will cover

• Bowel cancer – facts and figures
• Symptoms
• How to reduce your risk of bowel cancer
• Bowel cancer screening
• How you can help us

We’re determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by bowel cancer by:

• Supporting and funding targeted research
• Providing expert information and support to

patients and their families

• Educating the public and professionals about

the disease

• Campaigning for early diagnosis and access to

best treatment and care.

Why is this talk important?

• Bowel cancer is treatable and curable especially

if diagnosed early

• Nearly everyone survives bowel cancer if

diagnosed at the earliest stage

• You can do something to lower your risk of

bowel cancer

Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK

Lifetime risk

• 1 in 14 men and 1 in 19 women
• Almost 42,000 people in the UK are

diagnosed each year  That’s one every 15 minutes

Bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in the UK

5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000

Lung Bowel Prostate Breast 16,384

More than 44 people every day

CRUK – data from 2016 Prostate Cancer UK – data from 2015

Bowel cancer is the third

most common cancer in Scotland

Almost 26,000 people living in Scotland today have been diagnosed with bowel cancer, that’s almost 3,700 people each year 1 in 16 men and 1 in 20 women will get bowel cancer in their lifetime

ISD 2015; ScotPHO 2017

Bowel cancer is the second

biggest cancer killer in Scotland

Just over

1,600 people die each year

ISD 2016

4035 1617 1029 894

500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 Lung Bowel Breast Prostate

Bowel cancer by age in UK

CRUK data from 2013-2015

Small bowel Anus Rectum Colon Large bowel Oesophagus (gullet Stomach

Colonoscopy Chronicles 2012

Most bowel cancers develop from polyps

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 CRUK 2016 Stage 4 CRUK 2016

Stages of bowel cancer

CRUK 2016 - data from former Anglia Cancer Network, 2002-2006

Five year survival rate by stage

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Stage 4 Stage 3 Stage 2 Stage 1 65% 85% 98%

Do you know the symptoms?

Knowing them could save your life!

Symptoms

You are more at risk

• f bowel cancer if you:
• are over 50 or
• have a history of bowel polyps or
• have longstanding inflammatory bowel

disease such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis or

• have type 2 diabetes or
• have an unhealthy lifestyle or
• have a strong family history of bowel cancer

CRUK 2016

Scientists estimate around half of all bowel cancers could be prevented by having a healthier lifestyle

You can reduce your risk

CRUK 2016

• Avoid processed meat e.g. bacon, ham

sausages and salami

• Limit your intake of red meat to 500g (cooked)

per week. An 80g serving is roughly the size

• f a deck of cards
• Red meat includes beef, lamb, pork and goat

WCRF 2016

How to reduce your risk

Limit the amount of alcohol you drink

• no more than 14 units per week

Don’t smoke - smoking increases your risk of bowel cancer Keep to a healthy body weight – try to reduce abdominal (tummy) fat

WRCF 2016

Increase your fibre intake

iStock images 2016

How to reduce your risk

Get active - 150 mins over one week

How to reduce your risk

Bowel cancer screening

Seen one of these in the post?

NHS Health Scotland

• Everyone aged 50-74 years
• Must be registered with a GP with your

current address

• The screening kit is personal to you
• You can’t use someone else’s
• You can request a replacement by calling

0800 0121 833

Screening – who’s included?

Bowel cancer screening

• facts and figures

ISD Scotland

• Up to 31 October 2016, over 2.2 million people

invited to take part in Scottish Bowel Screening Programme

• Nearly 1.4 million took up the offer and

achieved a final result

• Over 5,000 cancers diagnosed through

screening

Using the test

1. Get ready

NHS Health Scotland

Using the test

2. Do it

NHS Health Scotland

Using the test

3. Post it

NHS Health Scotland

What happens next?

• The Bowel screening hub receives the test
• Samples are tested in a machine for hidden blood

NHS Health Scotland

• No further investigation is required at this time
• Further investigation is required

Test results

• You will be offered a

colonoscopy

• This is done in

hospital as an out- patient

• The bowel is

examined by a specialist using a long tube with a camera on the end

Further investigation

Scotland Bowel Screening Helpline 0800 0121 833 (8am – 5pm Weekdays)

bowelscreening.tayside@nhs.net Give them a call if you have any questions at all about your test kit

Our online patient forum is a place for anyone affected by bowel cancer to talk about their experiences, share their knowledge and support each other. Visit bowelcanceruk.org.uk/forum

Online forum

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• Give us feedback on this talk

How you can support us

• Take part in screening
• Remember the symptoms
• Get checked as soon as possible
• Find out if you are at increased risk
• Take action to lower your risk

In summary

Find out more at: bowelcanceruk.org.uk scotadmin@bowelcanceruk.org.uk

Information correct – July 2016 To be reviewed July 2019 References available on request @bowelcanceruk /bowelcanceruk

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