Bowel cancer Q&As

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1. I have had bleeding from my back passage for the last three days. My doctor says it is piles and not to worry. What are piles and can they be cancerous?

last reviewed: 17.05.2004

2. My mother has just been told she has a pseudomyxoma. Can you give me some information about this condition?

last reviewed: 17.05.2004

3. My father has had a bowel cancer removed. When they did the operation they found secondary cancers in his liver, which they could not take away. At the moment these secondaries are not causing any problems but what symptoms can he expect in the future from them?

last reviewed: 17.05.2004

4. My mother has been told she has a bowel cancer. What is the bowel and which bits of it can have cancer?

last reviewed: 17.05.2004

5. What causes bowel cancer?

last reviewed: 17.05.2004

6. I had an operation to remove a cancer of my large bowel a year ago. I am now getting low back ache. Does this mean the cancer has come back?

last reviewed: 17.05.2004

7. Have any genes been identified that cause bowel cancer?

last reviewed: 17.05.2004

8. I am 44 years old. I have just been diagnosed as having a bowel cancer. My doctors seem very interested to know if any of my relatives have had bowel cancer. Does this mean that bowel cancer can run in families?

last reviewed: 17.05.2004

9. I am in my early 40s and have just been diagnosed as having a bowel cancer. My surgeon says because I am very young to have developed this cancer he is sending me to a genetic clinic for more advice. What does this mean and what will happen?

last reviewed: 17.05.2004

10. I am in my fourties and have just been found to have bowel cancer. I have been told that because of my young age and the history of bowel cancer in my family, other members of my family are at increased risk of bowel cancer too. What can be done to help?

last reviewed: 17.05.2004

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