Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) – Someone dies from bowel cancer in the UK every thirty minutes.  Seems unthinkable doesn’t it, especially when bowel cancer is treatable when diagnosed at an early stage.  The only problem is that only 9% of patients are diagnosed at the early stage.

So what is bowel cancer?  Well it occurs when the cells in your bowel multiply and attack the surrounding tissue – which can then spread to the other parts of our body.  It is also referred to as colon cancer.

Beating Bowel Cancer and Bowel Cancer UK have merged and their mission is ensure that by 2050, no-one will die of bowel cancer.  And that’s where you come in … because there is hope: if treated early there is a very good chance of recovery.

Throughout April, BCAM are asking us to raise awareness of bowel cancer and raise funds that will help them in their important work.  By downloading a fundraising pack and deciding to take part you can make more people understand the disease – and help prevent it.

You can either plan something of your own: maybe a fashion show, a bric-a-brac sale, a quiz night, or take part in a sponsored walk.  Or, you could ‘Be a star, bake a cake’ – have some fun and sell your pretty cupcakes or traybakes to raise some funds.  For more ideas and information, visit the Bowel Cancer Awareness Month website.