A colostomy was performed in an attempt to relieve her large bowel symptoms, and subsequently closed.

I became nervous about my bowel symptoms when a friend of mine was diagnosed with colon cancer.

The women with hysterectomy, however, who had bowel symptoms were no more likely to have reported them to their doctors than other women.

Three patients declined to come for a check endoscopy immediately after radiotherapy as they had no bowel symptoms.

Two of them never required further endoscopy as their local bowel symptoms remained well controlled (survival 2.5 and 14 months).

Initial laser treatment had been successful and bowel symptoms were well controlled for the first two months after radiotherapy in all patients.

No known bowel symptoms, but was never investigated.

She did not return for screening until developed bowel symptoms aged 53 years.

A profound depression set in at the same time, despite the fact that she knew her bowel symptoms could now be controlled quite easily.

At first there was little change, but after about three weeks his bowel symptoms were much improved.