BOWEL cancer claims the lives of 16,000 people in the UK each year. But a worrying number of Brits can’t name any of the ...

The health service's latest campaign urges people aged 50 and over to get tested at home for one of the most common cancers ...

The health service is driving home its message on getting tested for one of the UK's most prominent illnesses amid concerns ...

There is a 91% cure rate if detected at its earliest stage. Bowel Cancer UK warned the “concerning” age gap could be costing lives. It is calling for Northern Ireland to follow Britain’s biannual ...

The programme recently expanded screening invites to patients from their 50th birthday. Patients will now receive the test kit every two ... be found on the Bowel Cancer UK website.

Bowel cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the UK, yet not everybody is aware ... but there is free bowel cancer screening offered by the NHS to those who are eligible.

Screening for bowel cancer has been extended to include those up to age 70 from April 1st, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has said. BowelScreen is the national bowel screening programme which ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK with 44,000 people diagnosed with the disease every year ...

“That's why it's so important to get screening ... the UK, young people can get tested for bowel cancer by contacting their GP and asking for a "faecal immunochemical test (FIT)" kit, which ...

approved the use of the Shield blood test – which took ten years to develop – for screening people in the US over 45 who are at risk of bowel cancer. Rates of bowel cancer in the UK are rising ...