People are being urged not to be "squeamish" and to make use of a home-testing kit for bowel cancer when it arrives in the post. NHS England announced earlier this month that the age for the test was ...

The FIT home testing kit has been available through the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Those aged 75 or older can request a kit by contacting the NHS bowel cancer screening helpline.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has launched an initiative to mail stool-based screening kits for colorectal cancer directly to patient's homes.

With NHS screening for bowel cancer currently only available for those over 50 ... “did some research online and [found] you ...

BOWEL Cancer Guernsey is calling for the minimum age for bowel cancer screening locally to be lowered to 50. Anne Brouard, chairwoman of Bowel Cancer Guernsey, is reminding people that testing kits ...

Everyone aged 50 to 74 in England is now eligible to receive an at-home poo testing kit as part of NHS England’s bowel cancer screening programme. The Faecal Immunochemistry Test (FIT), which ...

Bill to pay for multi-cancer early detection screening test has bipartisan support, but just ran out of time last session.

A new study has found that a simple blood test can accurately detect colon cancer in middle-aged and older adults. The ...

In England, two versions of a direct mail were sent out 2-3 days after the NHS bowel screening kit. The first was a Cancer Research UK endorsement letter sent to first time invitees to bowel screening ...

The NHS expands the bowel screening programme to include people aged 50-54, aiming for earlier cancer detection and improved survival rates.