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The NHS cancer screenings you’re eligible for – and how to request a test

With World Cancer Day approaching on 4 February, understanding the diverse national cancer screening programmes, from mammograms to at-home faecal immunochemical tests, is crucial. Eligibility for ...
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At-home bowel cancer tests could help reduce colonoscopies

Screening for bowel cancer using at-home faecal immunochemical tests could help to reduce the frequency of colonoscopies for some at above-average risk individuals, with a new study finding there is a ...
Medscape

Bowel Cancer Test Kits Offered to All Over-50s in England

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 ...
JSTOR Daily

False-negative rate cannot be reduced by lowering the haemoglobin concentration cut-off in colorectal cancer screening using faecal immunochemical test

Gemma Ibañez-Sanz, Montse Garcia, Núria Milà, Francisco Rodríguez-Moranta, Gemma Binefa, Javier Gómez-Matas, Llúcia Benito, Isabel Padrol, Mercè Barenys ...