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 ...

England’s National Health Service’s faecal immunochemical test (FIT) has reduced referrals for suspected bowel cancer by ...

I KNOW from personal experience: catching cancer early gives people more than a fighting chance. My diagnosis for kidney ...

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

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

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 ...

NHS bowel cancer tests will be fine-tuned to spot more tumours early as part of a faster diagnosis drive. It is another win ...

John Crouchley lost about 5st (32kg) after experiencing digestive problems, before his diagnosis.

A new NHS diagnostics centre has opened to the public in Surrey. The Community Diagnostics Centre in Redhill will reduce the ...