Beating Bowel Cancer

Harlequin House
7 High Street
Teddington
TW11 8EE

Tel: 08450 719 300
Tel (Nurse helpline): 08450 719 301
Web: www.beatingbowelcancer.org
Best time to telephone: 9am - 5pm, Monday - Thursday and 9am - 4pm Friday (answerphone at all other times).

Beating Bowel Cancer is a national charity working to raise awareness of symptoms, promote early diagnosis and encourage open access to treatment choice for those affected by bowel cancer. Through their work they aim to save lives from this common cancer.

The charity was founded in 1999 and is based in Teddington, Middlesex. They work to improve bowel cancer awareness amongst both the medical profession and the general public. The charity provides information about the disease, its symptoms, what to do if diagnosed, and what treatment choices are available to you.

Their mission:

To raise awareness of symptoms, promote early diagnosis and encourage open access to treatment choice.

Their objectives:

• To provide authoritative information about lifestyle changes that help prevent bowel cancer.
• To improve awareness of symptoms among the medical profession and general public.
• To promote early diagnosis.
• To support open access to treatment choices and encourage informed and shared patient/doctor decision making.
• To encourage everyone to communicate frankly about all aspects of this disease, dispelling the embarrassment associated with bottoms and bowels.

Information booklets available include:

• Bowel Cancer Screening: Your Choices
• Bowel Cancer Surgery: Your Operation
• Treating Bowel Cancer: Your Pathway
• Diet & Nutrition: Your Recipes for Recovery