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 ...

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

"Please don't die of ignorance" says former Olympian Iwan Thomas who was diagnosed with cancerous cells in his bowel after ...

Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a bowel cancer home-testing kit as the NHS marked the final step in making screening available to everyone aged 50 to 74 years old. People aged 50 and 52 ...

A grandfather who was diagnosed with cancer following a home screening test has said early detection saved his life. James Walker, from Dromore, County Down, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in ...

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

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

Food bank volunteers will support a drive to increase bowel cancer screening uptake as part of a new public health initiative ...

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PEOPLE eligible for bowel cancer screening tests are urged to complete them when they arrive in the post, with a simple message: “Just a tiny bit of poo could be lifesaving for you!” The NHS sends a ...

A mother of two is urging people to take part in bowel cancer screening after an at-home test led her to get treatment.

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