Hundreds of thousands of people aged 50 and 52 to be sent bowel cancer test kit
Hundreds of thousands of people aged 50 and 52 will receive a bowel cancer testing kit in the post as the NHS extends its screening programme across England. Around 850,000 more people will now be included in the bowel cancer screening programme,
NHS rolls out bowel cancer screening kits to people aged over 50
The FIT kit, which checks for blood in a stool sample, is a crucial tool in detecting early signs of bowel cancer.
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The current programme covers people aged 54-74, but under the new scheme around 850,000 more people will be eligible for screening tests. | ITV National News
What you need to know about the NHS bowel cancer screening expansion
Steve Russell, national director for vaccinations and screening at NHS England, said: "Lives are saved when cancers are caught early and the expansion of the NHS bowel cancer screening programme to those aged 50 will help to spot signs of bowel cancer sooner, and potentially save thousands of lives.
850,000 people to be sent NHS bowel cancer test
The NHS has updated its bowel cancer screening programme across England, with an estimated 850,000 additional people set to receive testing kits by post. Now including individuals aged 50 and 52, the programme will send out kits by the end of March—expanding further to those turning 51 and 53 on their next birthday.
Over-50s in England offered home bowel-cancer tests
All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years. NHS England has been posting the faecal-immunochemical test (Fit) to all 54-74-year-olds since 2021 and anyone older can request one over the phone.
This at-home cancer test will soon be sent to all over-50s in England
All 50 to 74-year-olds in England will receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years, as the NHS expands its lifesaving screening programme. The age is now being lowered from 54 to 50 after trials of a local screening test,
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