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NHS to change bowel screening in bid to pick up thousands more cases that could be detected earlier

The NHS in England is improving the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening in a bid to pick up thousands more cases that could ...
NHS England

NHS to detect and prevent thousands more bowel cancers with more sensitive screening

By reducing the level at which traces of blood in a FIT test trigger further investigation – from 120 micrograms of blood per gram of poo down to 80 – the NHS will offer 35% more screening ...
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NHS rolls out bowel cancer screening kits to people aged over 50

The National Health Service (NHS) has expanded its life-saving screening programme in England by rolling out home testing kits to hundreds of thousands of individuals aged 50 years to detect signs of ...
National Health Executive

NHS move to detect and prevent more bowel cancers in England

Thousands of cases of bowel cancer will be diagnosed earlier – or prevented altogether – under major NHS plans to increase the s ...

NHS bowel cancer screening shake-up in a bid to catch cases earlier

NHS England is set to significantly enhance its bowel cancer screening programme, aiming to detect thousands more cases at an ...

Change to screening test helps prevent thousands more bowel cancers across the Black Country

A major change to the bowel cancer screening test is helping to prevent bowel cancer cases in the Black Country with early ...
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NEWS: NHS Screening Changes to Detect More Bowel Cancers Earlier

The faecal immunochemical test is offered to people aged 50 to 74 and looks for traces of blood in a small stool sample, which can indicate bowel cancer. By lowering the level of blood that prompts ...

The NHS cancer screenings you’re eligible for – and how to request a test

You can also get screening for bowel cancer every two years if you’re aged 75 or over, but you need to call the bowel cancer screening helpline on 0800 707 6060 and ask for the test, according to the ...