Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (colon cancer) or back passage (rectal cancer). It is also called colorectal cancer. This section is about treatment for colon cancer that hasn't spread to ...

The bowel is split into 2 parts - the small bowel and the large bowel. The large bowel includes the colon, the rectum and the bowel opening (anus). This section is about colon and rectal cancer. We ...

A gene called high mobility group A1 (HMGA1) may be the key that opens the door to the development of colon cancer, according ...