Managing the late effects of bowel cancer treatment

Booklet
Published: 21 Jul 2021
Next review: 31 Jul 2024
Edition: 5

This booklet is about managing the late effects of bowel cancer treatment. It is for anyone who has late effects after treatment for colon, rectal or anal cancer. There is also information for carers, family members and friends.

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Published: 21 Jul 2021
Next review: 31 Jul 2024
Edition: 5

This booklet is about managing the late effects of bowel cancer treatment. It is for anyone who has late effects after treatment for colon, rectal or anal cancer. There is also information for carers, family members and friends.

About this booklet

Most people have side effects during treatment for bowel cancer. Usually these gradually improve over a few weeks or months after treatment has ended. But sometimes side effects do not go away, or they start months or years after treatment has ended. These are called late effects.


This booklet explains some of the possible late effects of bowel cancer treatment and how they can be improved and managed.


View our online information about late effects of bowel cancer treatment.


We want everyone affected by cancer to feel our information is written for them. To do this we use plain English and we try to make it accessible and relevant to the widest range of people. Read more about how we produce our information. 

Tag: TMT, SDEF