Bowel Cancer Awareness Month in April aims to raise awareness for the disease which is the third most common cause of cancer death after lung and breast cancer in the UK. If it is diagnosed early enough, it can be treated with a good chance of survival.
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He adds that if a patient already has ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease of the colon, then the risk of developing colorectal cancer increases with every passing decade of having the disease “It is advisable to have a colonoscopy with a biopsy taken every two years.”
Professor Kumar co-founded the charity Bowel Disease UK, which carries out research into bowel cancer, Crohn’s disease and colitis.
Professor Devinder Kumar is Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery at St George’s University of London and consultant general and colorectal surgeon at St George’s Hospital in London.
He has published 120 original papers in peer reviewed journals, over 50 review articles and book chapters and has authored or edited six books. Professor Kumar is a regular reviewer for national and international journals