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 ...

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

She calls for eligible people to take part in bowel cancer screening after her own diagnosis.

While mammograms and smear tests are widely recognised, a crucial screening for bowel cancer often goes unnoticed, with new data revealing that nearly a third of eligible individuals in England are ...

Lowering the test threshold to detect bowel cancer earlier has seen an increase in diagnoses, health experts have said. As ...

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

NHS England is set to significantly enhance its bowel cancer screening programme, aiming to detect thousands more cases at an earlier, more treatable stage. From next month, the national health ...

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

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 detected 70,000 cases in 20 years. Over 6.9 million in the UK took part in 2024/25. Early testing saves ...

How community and practice nurses are uniquely placed to help drive earlier diagnosis of bowel cancer to help save more lives ...

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