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Bowel cancer that comes back after treatment is called recurrent bowel cancer. The cancer can come back in the bowel close to the original site (local recurrence) or in another part of the body (advanced or secondary cancer).

Bowel cancer can spread to the lungs. Treatment options include chemotherapy, biological therapies, surgery and radiofrequency ablation.

After your cancer treatment you may find you can’t eat the same foods as you did before. These changes may be temporary or longer-lasting. This page has information about eating a balanced diet, eating when you have a stoma and how diet can help with problems like weight change, diarrhoea and constipation.

Some genetic diseases can increase your risk of bowel cancer including Lynch syndrome, Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and MUTYH Associated Polyposis.

When bowel cancer spreads to the peritoneum it is called peritoneal metastasis. The peritoneum is a thin layer of tissue that lines the inside of the tummy, including your stomach, liver and bowel.

When bowel cancer spreads to the liver it is called liver metastasis. This is the most common place for bowel cancer to spread. The liver is an organ that sits above your stomach on the right side of your body, underneath your ribs.

The side effects of treatment usually get better over time. But some people may have side effects that carry on for more than six months (long-term effects) or that start months or years after they’ve finished treatment (late effects).

Deborah James has her own blog Bowelbabe, is a regular The Sun online columnist, presents the BBC podcast 'You, Me & the Big C', published her best-selling book ‘F*** you cancer’ and raises awareness on social media, TV and radio.Deborah plays a huge part in our Never Too Young campaign, working with us on issues affecting younger patients diagnosed with the disease.