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 ...

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

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

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

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

Increased sensitivity of test that detects the second deadliest cancer will save hundreds of lives, oncologists say ...

NHS England is to lower the detection threshold for a home screening kit to trigger bowel cancer screening from next month in a move it says will lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment for thousands ...

The new rules come into force in England next month ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

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 ...

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has been piloting a more sensitive approach to bowel cancer screening, known as FIT@80, which launched in April 2024. Since its introduction, there has been a 35 per ...