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

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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of people will be saved from bowel cancer under changes to the national screening programme, health officials have said.

The adjustment is projected to identify an additional 600 bowel cancer cases early each year, marking an 11 per cent increase ...

Bowel cancer symptoms can be difficult to identify and are typically only evident during bathroom visits. Macmillan Cancer Support notes that the disease can occasionally cause a blockage, resulting ...

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

A major change to the bowel cancer screening test is helping to prevent bowel cancer cases in the Black Country with early ...

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 - Eligibility for these vital NHS health checks ...