Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world.
In UK:
bowel cancer is the 4th most common cancer in the UK, accounting for 12% of all new cancer cases (2016)
in females in the UK, bowel cancer is the 3rd most common cancer, with around 18,600 new cases in 2016
in males in the UK, bowel cancer is the 3rd most common cancer, with around 23,500 new cases in 2016
over half of bowel cancer cases are diagnosed at a late stage in England (2014), Scotland (2014-2015), and Northern Ireland (2010-2014)
most bowel cancers occur in the rectum.
incidence rates for bowel cancer are projected to fall by 11% in the UK between 2014 and 2035, to 74 cases per 100,000 people by 2035
bowel cancer in England is more common in males living in the most deprived areas. There is no association for females
bowel cancer is more common in White people than in Asian or Black people
an estimated 230,200 people who had previously been diagnosed with bowel cancer were alive in the UK at the end of 2010
The incidence of colorectal cancer
Approximately 30% of patients with colorectal cancer present with advanced disease, which is defined as either metastatic or locally invasive to the extent that surgical resection with curative intent is unlikely to be carried out
Five percent of tumours in the large bowel are multiple or synchronous, and 5% of patients who previously had resection for cancer develop new primary lesions - metachronous cancer.
The lifetime risk of developing bowel cancer in the UK is estimated to be 1 in 15 for men and 1 in 19 for women (calculated using 2008 data) (1).
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