Transcript Bowel Cancer Awareness presentation 2012

Bowel Cancer Awareness
Claire Stephenson
Health Promotion & Outreach Coordinator
We aim to save lives by:
 Raising awareness
 Campaigning for best treatment and care
 Providing practical support and information
What this talk will cover
 Symptoms
 Risk factors
 Bowel screening
 Signposting
The digestive system
Stomach
Colon
Small bowel
Large
bowel
Rectum
Anus
The large bowel
 Part of the digestive system
 Processes waste for excretion
 Absorbs water from digested food and drink
 Approx 1.5m long and 6.5cm wide
Bowel cancer
 Affects both men and women
 95% of people are over 50
 39,990 diagnosed each year in the UK
Bowel cancer
 16,259 deaths each year in the UK
 Third most common cancer
 Second biggest cancer killer
Dukes
Stage
Description
Five year
overall
survival rates
Dukes A
Cancer is contained within the
lining of the colon or rectum
93%
Dukes B
Cancer has grown through full
thickness of lining and muscle wall
77%
Dukes C
Cancer has spread to lymph nodes
surrounding the affected colon
48%
Dukes D
Cancer has spread beyond the
original site (often to liver or lungs)
7%
Figures from NCIN Dec 2012
If diagnosed early bowel cancer
is highly treatable
Checking for symptoms
Symptoms
 Bleeding from bottom or blood in poo
 Change in bowel habit for 3 weeks or more
 Extreme tiredness for no obvious reason
 Unexplained weight loss
 Pain and/or a lump in your belly
Symptoms
 You may experience one, some, all or no
symptoms
 Most symptoms will not be bowel cancer
Risk factors
 Age: 95% are over 50
 Polyps
 Inflammatory bowel disease (ie Crohn’s Disease,
Ulcerative Colitis)
 Family history/genetics
 Type 2 Diabetes
Polyps
Family history
 One close relative diagnosed under 50
Or
 Two close relatives on the same side of the
family diagnosed at any age
Or
 Cases of other forms of abdominal cancer in
family (e.g. ovarian, stomach, kidney,
endometrial)
Risk factors to avoid
Risk factors to avoid
Lowering your risk: diet
Lowering your risk: exercise
The Bowel Screening Programme
Bowel cancer screening
Who is included?
 60-69 year olds
 Over 70s can opt in
 Registered with a GP
How to access the test
 Automatically sent to your home every two
years
 Kit is personalised so you can’t use someone
else's
 You can request a replacement if you lose it
The Kit
What happens next?
Bowel Screening Centre
receives kit
Your samples are tested
for blood
Results
 Negative result (0 positive samples)
 Next test in two years
 Unclear result (1-4 positive samples)
 Repeat test
 Abnormal result (5-6 positive samples)
 Invited to speak to a specialist
After a positive result
 Appointment offered to talk about further
testing by colonoscopy
 A colonoscopy enables a specialist to see
inside your bowel to find the cause of
bleeding
 Bowel examined at out-patient appointment
using flexible tube with camera
Bowel screening programme
success
(As at May 2011)
 Over 45,467 cases of polyps
 9,361 cases of cancer
Signposting
 If people report one or more symptoms they
should visit their GP and not wait for a kit
 Screening helpline: 0800 707 6060
 www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk
Signposting
 Information and Support Service
 0800 8 40 35 40
 [email protected]
 www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk
Get involved!
 Get fit by doing one of our runs/challenges
 Nominate us for charity of the year
 Hold a dress down day or cake sale at work
 Donate regularly via payroll or direct debit
Help us continue our work
 Text BCUK05 to 70070 to donate £5
Volunteer with us
 Help on information stands
 Give talks to community groups and
workplaces
 Help out at events
 Volunteer in the office
Thank you!
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk
020 7381 9711