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

NHS bowel cancer tests will be fine-tuned to spot more tumours early as part of a faster diagnosis drive. It is another win ...

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 new study shows that if you adopt a healthier lifestyle after bowel screening, it can lower your risk of both bowel cancer and other chronic diseases. Previous studies have estimated that ...

A YOUNG West Cumbrian woman is calling for the age of bowel cancer screenings to be lowered - after her diagnosis in January, ...

NHS bowel cancer tests will be fine-tuned to spot tumours earlier. Health service labs will increase the sensitivity of the ...

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

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

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

Diane Cristy-Lewis is a woman on a mission. “It is my quest in life to make sure that everyone I speak to understands how ...

NHS England is lowering the threshold used in the FIT bowel cancer screening test, increasing its sensitivity. By 2028, the ...

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 ...