The kit, known as the faecal immunochemical test (FIT), checks for blood in a small stool sample, which can be a sign of bowel cancer. FIT kits are used at home by putting a poo sample in a small tube ...

NHS England is set to significantly enhance its bowel cancer screening programme, aiming to detect thousands more cases at an earlier, more treatable stage. From next month, the national health ...

NHS bowel cancer screening has now tested nearly 85million people for the disease and uptake has soared with the help of Sun ...

Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is the second most lethal cancer after lung cancer, with the highest incidence ...

MILLIONS more people are benefiting from life-saving bowel screening compared to a decade ago – according to the NHS. Almost ...

A ‘fit and healthy’ father says taking a bowel cancer screening test that dropped on his doorstep was like a “winning lottery ticket” after it saved his life. Steve Hollington, 58, was diagnosed with ...

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 ...

A potentially life-saving bowel cancer screening test can spot the disease at an early stage at West Herts Teaching Hospital NHS Trust.

Bright red blood may come from swollen blood vessels (piles) in your back passage, but could also be caused by bowel cancer.

The NHS has issued a warning to the public, urging them not to delay an essential cancer test that could detect early signs of a lethal disease. This at-home screening can catch symptoms of bowel ...

If you're aged 50 to 74 and registered with a GP in England, Scotland or Wales, you'll automatically get a bowel cancer ...