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297 Results found for "Colonoscopy"
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Marilyn's Brew Together for bowel cancer
...cancer and would there be any link, I never really thought of it before. My GP sent me to see a consultant for further tests and he recommended a colonoscopy. Once the date came through for my appointment, I put it off, I felt really embarrassed and didn't want to go through with it. A second and third...
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New report recommends much-needed improvement to how we diagnose bowel cancer in England
...guidance for recognition and referral of people with suspected bowel cancer reduce the variation in the proportion of bowel cancers detected through colonoscopy referral more assessment of whether a colonoscopy is the most appropriate test for a patient investigating potential missed opportunities...
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Ron Alexander, Aberfeldy
...Still, for some reason, I was convinced it was bowel cancer. I was given a screening test to take and these results led to my GP booking me in for a colonoscopy. After this test, the doctor took me aside and said he had seen a tumour which he was certain was cancer. However, to be sure, I was sent...
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Heather Warren, Oxford
...I was aware that Jenny had been suffering from back pain that weekend and had had ongoing bowel problems for years. She was in fact waiting for a colonoscopy. Nothing could have prepared me for what happened next. 'Hello' said Jen 'I have something to tell you. The pain in my back became so much worse...
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Stuart Christopher, High Wycombe
...particularly concerned with the high calprotectin indicators and said that sometimes false/positive results could occur. However, he suggested a colonoscopy to check things out further. Still there was no mention of bowel cancer or any other possible cause, so I remained firmly of the opinion the anti-inflammatory...
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Graham Hooley, UK, Indonesia, Tanzania
...diarrhoea and constipation about three months prior to my diagnosis. My wife is a GP so she persuaded me to go see a doctor. This was followed by a colonoscopy in November 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia. My wife was informed immediately that they thought it may be cancer whilst I was still under the anaesthetic...
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Change of surveillance guidance for people who have an increased risk of bowel cancer
...people diagnosed with Lynch syndrome: Depending on the type of Lynch syndrome they have (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2) they will be invited to have a colonoscopy every two years from the age of 25 or 35 until they’re 75. For people who have a strong family history of bowel cancer: If those with...
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Dorothy Byres, Edinburgh
...completed it within three days and sent it off. Because of Colin, I spent a lot of time finding out about bowel cancer, and wished I could have a colonoscopy just to check all was ok. A week after sending off my screening test I received the results and to my surprise was told I had presented with...
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Rachel Reed, Pontypridd
...soothe some of the symptoms, so I thought maybe I might have a food sensitivity. Yet, the pain in my stomach was still there. I asked my GP for a colonoscopy, but they advised I didn’t need one. At the time I also had chronic psoriasis, so I thought maybe the medication I was taking for this was the...
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Ruth Maher, Windsor
...hear the first two, I only heard the words ‘bowel cancer’, and I was a bit shocked to be honest. I thought it might be piles! My GP sent me for a colonoscopy and the hospital found a polyp. It was the size of a kiwi fruit and had been inside me for over two years. I’ll never forget what the radiographer...
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New research recommends using FIT for people with bowel cancer symptoms
...suggests that asking people with symptoms of bowel cancer to complete a FIT, at a very sensitive level of 2 ug/g, is almost as effective as having a colonoscopy – the gold standard for diagnosing the disease. Using FIT in this way could also help alleviate the pressure on the NHS endoscopy units...
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What happens when you visit your GP with bowel symptoms?
...immunochemical test (FIT). If the chance of cancer is a bit higher (or if your FIT results suggest further tests are needed) then the usual next step is a colonoscopy. A colonoscopy uses a small thin tube with a camera to look inside your large bowel. There are other X-ray tests which can be used...
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Leanne Dickinson, Leeds
...achy, restless legs which led me to visit the GP in October 2017. A blood test then showed I was extremely anaemic, so I was referred for an urgent colonoscopy. My GP said that she was going to urgently refer me due to my symptoms to rule out anything “nasty”. I didn’t think much of it and thought...
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Thousands of patients waiting beyond the target for lifesaving bowel cancer test
...statistics published today reveal that nearly 5,000 patients (4,491) in England during August 2018 are waiting beyond the six week NHS target for a colonoscopy. Under NHS rules patients should wait no more than six weeks for a colonoscopy test that can detect bowel cancer early when it is easier to...
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Fewer people are waiting for life-saving tests in Scotland
...significant improvement has been made by Health Boards across Scotland to achieve a six week wait for key tests that can diagnose bowel cancer, such as a colonoscopy. In fact, 70% of people are having a colonoscopy within six weeks, an increase from 56%. This time last year there were 5,594 people...
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Dr Philippa Kaye, an extract of her book: Doctors Get Cancer Too
...This could have been anything and nothing, and while most radiologists wouldn't have commented on it, this one advised the surgeon to perform a colonoscopy, even though the surgeon was confident the results would come back normal. A word of caution to anyone who may have to have a colonoscopy: bowel...
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More than half of Scottish Health Boards in breach of waiting time target for bowel cancer tests
...waiting time standard that patients should be waiting no longer than six weeks for tests that could diagnose bowel cancer. Waiting time breaches for colonoscopy is one of the highest out of all the diagnostic tests in Scotland. Today’s statistics present a worrying picture and demonstrate the urgent...
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Richard Anderson, London
...stool which I knew could be a sign of something fairly serious so I took a photo and booked an appointment with the GP. The GP referred me for a colonoscopy but it wasn't until November. With neither my partner, Rachel, nor I having had any potentially serious medical conditions we assumed this was...
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Debate in the Senedd to improve NHS bowel cancer services in Wales
...diagnostic waiting time statistics from June 2019 reports that, over 1,500 (1,566) people waited more than eight weeks for an endoscopy procedure, like a colonoscopy or flexi-sigmoidoscopy – the two tests that diagnose bowel cancer. A further 682 people were waiting for 24 weeks or more. Wales is in...
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The Screening Gap
...improve uptake and the sensitivity of the test can be adjusted. However we don’t know what the most appropriate concentration of blood is to trigger a colonoscopy, how often testing for blood in stools should take place and whether the concentration of blood should vary according to age and gender...