Colorectal Cancer Dr Omar Mansour Colorectal Surgeon BAU

Bowel cancer incidence • There around 42, 000 new bowel cancer cases in the UK every year, that's more than 110 every day (2014 -2016). • Bowel cancer is the 4 th most common cancer in the UK, accounting for 12% of all new cancer cases (2016). • In females in the UK, bowel cancer is the 3 rd most common cancer, with around 18, 600 new cases in 2016. • In males in the UK, bowel cancer is the 3 rd most common cancer, with around 23, 500 new cases in 2016. • Incidence rates for bowel cancer in the UK are highest in people aged 85 to 89 (2014 -2016).

Bowel cancer mortality • There around 16, 000 bowel cancer deaths in the UK every year, that's 44 every day (2014 -2016). • Bowel cancer is the 2 nd most common cause of cancer death in the UK, accounting for 10% of all cancer deaths (2016). • In males in the UK, bowel cancer is the 3 rd most common cause of cancer death, with around 8, 900 deaths in 2016. • In females in the UK, bowel cancer is the 3 rd most common cause of cancer death, with around 7, 500 deaths in 2016.

• Mortality rates for bowel cancer in the UK are highest in people aged 90+ (2014 -2016). • Since the early 1970 s, bowel cancer mortality rates have decreased by more than two-fifths (44%) in the UK. Rates in males have decreased by around two-fifths (41%), and rates in females have decreased by half (50%).