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Q&As on this topic

1. What symptoms can secondary liver cancer that has spread from the bowel cause?

last reviewed: 22.08.2006

2. Can low backache be a sign that bowel cancer has come back?

last reviewed: 21.08.2006

3. Could bleeding from my back passage mean I have cancer?

last reviewed: 10.08.2006

4. Normally my bowels are quite regular but for the last few weeks I have been getting episodes of diarrhoea, going more often than normal, then sometimes getting more constipated. Could this change in my bowels mean I have cancer? What should I do? What will happen?

last reviewed: 14.09.2005

5. What are the symptoms of bowel cancer? When should I see a specialist?

last reviewed: 21.09.2005

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