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 ...

The National Health Service (NHS) has expanded its life-saving screening programme in England by rolling out home testing kits to hundreds of thousands of individuals aged 50 years to detect signs of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A NHS bowel-cancer screening programme home testing kit (PA/Alamy) While mammograms and smear tests are widely recognised, a ...

The call comes as the NHS bowel cancer screening programme marks its 20th anniversary during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month ...

NHS urges people to take up free bowel cancer screening kits in 2023 campaign Bowel cancer is the UK's fourth most common cancer and second biggest cancer killer, yet it is treatable and curable if ...

A ‘fit and healthy’ father says taking a bowel cancer screening test that dropped on his doorstep was like a “winning lottery ticket” after it saved his life. Steve Hollington, 58, was diagnosed with ...