This is wonderful news and Deborah would be delighted. My mother died in her 80s of bowel cancer, 30 yrs ago. I have ibs but I know there is a possibility for me and my family.
Many thanks to the Bowelbabe fund.

This is amazing to hear. To be honest I do do a fair bit of reading on on going Bowel research along with research into the KRAS mutation- and why is so hard to treat out of all the trigger mutations associated with the disease. I was diagnosed in 2024 with stage 4 incurable BC after my initial diagnosis and was shocked more by the follow up CT scan results showing just as big a tumour in my liver (non operable) as my surgeon had removed from my Sigmoid).

So, currently I’m tolerating well Bevacizumab with Lonsurf and have actually shown better results with this combination than the previous two lines of CAPOX and Folfiri. I was more curious as to why this KRAS G12V mutation is so prolific and equally so inert to lines of treatment. But if and when come to the end of palliative lines of treatment if they’d offer a trial I’d certainly take it. I’m not trying to outlive my time here either- I’ve accepted my prognosis isn’t great, so I’m concentrating on keeping myself as healthy as I can for as long as I can- but not all of us stage 4 bowel C patients fall in line with the 16-24months median either! I’d be very interested in following this Bowel Vaccine research programme even if it’s too late for myself. Good luck and please keep us in the loop!

Not suffering from Bowel Cancer but affected by other bowel issues, I fully understand the need to SHOUT out about it. It is very difficult to talk about these issues to Consultants, Nurses etc. (even being a retired Nurse) without feeling embarassed but is great to see Posters, Banners in local Cancer shops talking about it and on Toilet Roll packs, in Public toilets etc.
It’s always a shame that it takes Dame Deborah’s Parents, Family and her wider friends to loose someone to get an important message across about an everyday function of Bowels.
Good luck to the Research Teams and a big THANK YOU to Dame Deborah’s Legacy, for the help she has made to masses of other people who are now here to talk about it.

This is wonderful news! As my mother, and this year my sister, both had bowel cancer, I am very aware of this particular cancer. The postal screening kits are being returned regularly by my daughter and me. I am donating today, and send grateful thanks to all the Team.

In August 2024, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer, a 5cm tumour at the beginning of my large intestine. Because Christies (on behalf os GSK) were conducting a clinical trial of an immunotherapy treatment for the type of tumour I had, I was offered a place on the trial, and took it. I was initially disappointed when the randomising process put me in the “control” group, and I had keyhole surgery to remove the tumour, but pleased to find out that the cancer had not even spread to the lymph nodes (I was stage 2). I made a full recovery back to full fitness within a few days (that was a surprise) and will be monitored by Christies for another 4 years, to the end of the trial period. I don’t know if the immunotherapy you are supporting is the same one, but I thought you may be interested in my experience of the treatment, and I am certainly happy to have taken part in a trial to advance medical knowledge.

This is fantastic news. If it was not for her great work on awareness, I would have ignored my symptoms back in 2024. Thankfully we caught it at stage 1 and after surgery, I have been cancer free for close to two years now. It’s great to read stories like this to see the amazing research going on to help support others who may be affected by this disease in the future.