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The bowel joins the stomach to the anus. It is made up of two parts, the small bowel (small intestine ) and the large bowel (large intestine). The large bowel also has two parts; the colon and the rectum.
Cancers in the small bowel are rare but cancers of the colon and rectum are more common. In the United Kingdom almost 20,000 people are diagnosed with colon cancer each year and almost 12,000 people are diagnosed with rectal cancer. But less than 500 people are diagnosed with cancer of the small intestine.
Content last reviewed: 29 September 2006
Page last modified: 05 October 2006
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