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297 Results found for "Colonoscopy"
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We're urging NHS Scotland to test all bowel cancer patients for serious genetic condition
...cancer themselves. “This is vital so appropriate steps can be taken to reduce their risk of developing cancer such as preventative surgery or regular colonoscopy, which is proven to reduce the risk of dying from bowel cancer by 72%.” Patients with Lynch syndrome face delayed diagnosis, poor monitoring...
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Sophie Brown, Surrey
...fallopian tube. During the surgery, my bowel was accidentally cut into and it was because of this that the surgeons saw a tumor. I was booked in for a colonoscopy. However, as I was an inpatient, I was always too poorly to get the test done. It wasn't until two weeks later, after I was discharged...
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Lewis Bell, Wareham
...GP who examined me and immediately sent me to a specialist. The appointment with the specialist was two weeks later, and a week after that I had a colonoscopy at Poole hospital when the specialist's suspicion of cancer were confirmed. After CT and MRI scans showed that the cancer had spread to my liver...
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Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day 2025: Jane’s journey
...More tests were required to confirm a diagnosis of Lynch syndrome, so Jane was referred for bowel cancer screening. In late 2015 Jane had her first colonoscopy. Despite showing no symptoms, a precancerous polyp was detected. Given her family history, Jane’s surgeon advised removing a part of...
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New calculations suggest patients missing out on an early diagnosis
...in poo can be adjusted to be more or less accurate. Adjusting the sensitivity threshold determines the number of people who will be referred for colonoscopy. The lower the threshold, the more sensitive the test is to blood. NHS England and NHS Scotland have chosen different sensitivities for FIT. This...
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Karen Elizabeth Bucknall, Gloucestershire
...biopsy. He said after feeling my tummy that there was a definite mass and he couldn't say whether it was benign or cancerous, but I would need a colonoscopy. I was very upset and cried, and the nurse had to comfort me. By this stage I was very frightened, and imagining the very worse. Early April I...
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Daisy Fenwick, Essex
...it down to heavy periods as I was only 35 so cancer was never mentioned – although it did cross my mind. My consultant booked me in for my regular colonoscopy but I'd only just had my blood transfusion so cancelled it. Then it was a wait for my next appointment. My GP prescribed me iron tablets, I...
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Keith Dawber, Merseyside
...mentioned that my mum had previously had bowel cancer but since made a recovery, and I was referred for further tests at the local hospital. At the colonoscopy they found a polyp, which they removed and tested it for cancer. Three weeks later, I got the results – it was confirmed as cancerous...
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NHS England confirm new screening test to be introduced in England in 2018
...presence of blood. The ‘sensitivity level’ for the test is the concentration of blood in a poo sample at which people will be referred for prospective colonoscopy. How sensitive the test is to blood in poo can be adjusted to determine the number of people who should go on for further cancer testing...
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Our 2020 highlights
...across all health boards in Scotland, and has the potential to make a huge difference for people with bowel cancer symptoms who are waiting for a colonoscopy. It can be used to rule out bowel cancer, reducing the increasing pressure on colonoscopy services. Advanced bowel cancer information We created...
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Frances' Walk Together to raise awareness of bowel cancer
...My bowel cancer diagnosis comes more of a shock to me now, two years on, than it did at the very beginning. I wasn't shocked then, when after my colonoscopy the radiographer told me he had found an abnormality. He had seen something in the sigmoid colon and told me a consultant would be in touch to...
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Kate’s Walk Together event in support of her mum
...was horrible. She told us she had very few symptoms, only diarrhoea and not being able to digest certain food. She told us she had to push to get a colonoscopy, and is so thankful she did. She had surgery the next month and her consultant believed he had got everything. I helped my dad bring her home...
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Laurence Loi, Cambridge
...appointment but my partner Richard convinced me to go (and probably saved my life). After I described my symptoms the specialist said to me "let's do a colonoscopy for peace of mind, we probably won't find anything serious but it will help us understand what's happening to you." Early December...
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Beverley Jones, Barnsley
...my GP. The GP examined me, which was very unpleasant as she had to feel with her finger in my rectum. She did feel something and referred me for a colonoscopy. She thought it was a polyp and so I didn’t think it was bowel cancer. At the colonoscopy, the consultant did find something but said it looked...
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Thousands of patients to receive home test which can spot signs of cancer
...waiting for a diagnosis. The capsule, which is also currently being rolled out in Scotland, can be used to rule out bowel cancer, reducing the need for colonoscopy services. "NHS endoscopy units have been over-stretched for a number of years, with demand for colonoscopy sky rocketing over the last...
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Hannah Stead, Cambridge
...– he assumed the pain would pass, and eventually after being able to go the toilet, the pain started to ease a little. In the meantime, he had a colonoscopy, and whilst we were waiting for the results, we had a weekend away to Slovenia with my family. He wasn’t feeling great during this trip as he...
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Tens of thousands of patients in England waiting too long for bowel cancer tests
...for investigations for suspected bowel cancer symptoms, over half (53%, or 48,860 people) were waiting more than six weeks for an endoscopy test (colonoscopy or flexi-sigmoidoscopy), with almost a third of the total (29,443 people) waiting more than 13 weeks. These tests look at areas of the bowel...
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Rebecca Stafford, Essex
...very hard, we were extremely close and I still grieve for her and miss her every single day. Fast forward to 2020 and coronavirus. I had my regular colonoscopy in February where they found a polyp which was removed, whenever a polyp is found we have a follow up scope six months later. Because of the...
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Support our appeal
...to go to the toilet. "Watching Vanessa go through her treatment really encouraged me to phone the hospital and I chased them up many times for my colonoscopy appointment. My GP even wrote to them too as my symptoms had got worse. Luckily, when non-emergency appointments were available again in June...
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Emma Mansfield, Manchester
...who again told him not to worry but that he should maybe have a blood test. This came back showing Guy was anaemic. He was then scheduled to have a colonoscopy to see what was going on. We were still not overly concerned as he did not have what we considered to be the main bowel cancer symptoms - he...