Dame Deborah James died at the age of 40 after being diagnosed with bowel cancer. She had been an avid campaigner, running a podcast and raising millions of pounds for charity.
The number of visitors to the NHS website checking symptoms of the disease was also up by almost 200,000 in the last three months.
National cancer director Dame Cally Palmer said:"Thanks to the brave and relentless campaigning of Dame Deborah James, bowel cancer has come to the forefront of a national conversation on catching cancer as early as possible, and the fact that we have seen record numbers of people coming forward for bowel cancer checks shows people are taking the illness seriously and speaking to their GPs about it.
"It is so important that we continue the work of Dame Deborah to raise awareness of bowel cancer and save more lives, so to anyone who has noticed symptoms, please do come forward."Genevieve Edwards, chief executive at Bowel Cancer UK, says:"People visiting bowelcanceruk.org.uk has never been higher, with tens of thousands more people seeking information about the symptoms of the disease since Dame Deborah James' tragic death.
"There was also a spike in people affected by bowel cancer posting on our forum, contacting our Ask the Nurse service and we know that people have visited their GP as a result of hearing her story."
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