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15th June 2006: Welsh patients first in UK to get access to Cetuximab (Erbitux) on NHS

24 April 2006: Charity welcomes last minute reprieve as health Minister finally releases £10m for Year 1 of national screening programme

22 March 2006: Statement from the Chief Executive - National Screening Programme, what's the story?

31 January 2006: Response to new report highlighting possible link between red meat and bowel cancer

30 January 2006: Charity report sheds light on one of the least talked about - yet one of the most fatal - cancers in Britain

30 January 2006: Footballers and match officials help to kick off national bowel cancer campaign

21st October 2005: Countdown to Loud Tie Campaign 2006 - 100 days to go!

19th October 2005: Beating Bowel Cancer campaign achieves "Highly Commended" in PR Week Awards 2005

30th August 2005: Scotland announces bowel cancer screening programme for 50-74 year olds from March 2007

24th August 2005: NICE extends its recommendations for the use of drugs for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.
Patient Information Sheet
Beating Bowel Cancer Statement

2nd August 2005: New bowel cancer screening programme to be rolled out - all 60-69 year olds to be offered screening

25th July 2005: Christmas in July for bowel cancer patients
denied access to life-extending drugs by NHS - sports presenter Gavin Peacock supports the campaign

13th June 2005: It's official - men are fatter than women! And being obese can double your risk of bowel cancer. Men's Health Week, 13-17 June, is focusing on men and weight, with the launch of the new Haynes manual, "HGV Man".

14th April 2005: Beating Bowel Cancer, launches new website www.beatingbowelcancer.org/medical targeting GPs and healthcare professionals

4th February 2005: Ray Stubbs and co-presenters of Final Score and Score-i sport Loud Ties to help tackle bowel cancer.

31st January 2005: Prime Minister Tony Blair, Health Secretary John Reid, Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy 'tie up' with Beating Bowel Cancer's Loud Tie Campaign, and join the fight against bowel cancer.

20th January 2005: Richard Whiteley OBE begins the Countdown to Loud Tie Week! Read his Letter to Editors here.

19th January 2005: Loud Tie Campaign seeks support from MP's at the Parliamentary Launch in the House of Commons

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