bowel disease

1. Bowel Disease
Bowel Cancer
Inflammatory Bowel
Disease (IBD) Bowel Disorders
Colon Cancer
Rectal Cancer
Anal Cancer
Crohn’s Disease
Ulcerative
Colitis
Incontinence
Diverticulitis
Fistula
Rectal Prolapse
Bowel
Obstruction
Other

2. Generic
Pathway
Cause
Prevention
Treatment
Containmen
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Understanding the causes and
mechanisms of disease
Primary –removing a precursor lesion
Secondary – preventing death through
early diagnosis
Optimum investigation
Adjuvant therapies
Ensuring best quality of life – physical,
psychological and social
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Learning how to combat the disease at
its inception
Cure  Ultimate eradication
Specific and non-specific treatments
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Surgical procedures

3. Bowel
Cancer
Cause
Prevention
Treatment
Containmen
t
Genetic pre disposition
Primary – genetic monitoring and
public health initiatives
Secondary – preventing death through
early diagnosis
radiology and endoscopy
Adjuvant and neo adjuvant therapies
Chemotherapy and surgery
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Environmental Factors
Cure 
Palliative care
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Primary Surgical procedures – radical
and non radical

4. Inflammator
y Bowel
Disease
(IBD)
Cause
Prevention
Treatment
Containmen
t
Genetic factors
Radiology and Endoscopy
Drug treatments including biologicals
Ensuring best quality of life
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Immune malfunction or infection
Cure  Currently there is no assured cure for
IBD
Shrink the disease with surgical and
medical treatments
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Surgical procedures

5. Bowel
Disorders
Cause
Prevention
Treatment
Containmen
t
Age – elderly and the young,
neurological conditions
Radiology and Endoscopy
Drug & innovative less invasive
Ensuring best quality of life
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Cure  Ultimate eradication
Living with the disorder but lessening
its effects
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Surgical procedures
Pregnancy, injury to sphincter muscles , dietary
factors
Lifestyle
Improving obstetric care