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297 Results found for "Colonoscopy"
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Bowel cancer screening in England
...a blue colour on the test strip this is reported as positive and the person will be referred to a screening centre for a consultation prior to a colonoscopy (a test to examine the inside of the bowel). The current test requires three separate stool samples to be collected. Depending on the pattern...
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Paul Jenkins, Dorset
...a blood test, while she went to arrange appointments for me to have a CT scan of my chest (to check there was nothing sinister in my lungs) and a colonoscopy. I had my chest CT scan and colonoscopy early January 2016. I was informed my chest CT scan was clear. However my colonoscopy confirmed that...
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First half of 2017 saw a quarter of hospitals consistently in breach of waiting time target for bowel cancer tests
...referrals, as well as the two week wait urgent referral for suspected lower gastrointestinal cancer. The two key tests to diagnose the disease are colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy – a camera on a thin, flexible cable inserted through the anus to look at different parts of the bowel. These tests...
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A Spotlight on Bowel Cancer in Wales
...referred to a consultant after visiting my GP a number of times. I waited six months to see the consultant and was then put on a waiting list for a colonoscopy. Before this appointment took place, I was admitted to hospital as an emergency where, following further tests and an emergency colonoscopy...
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New NHS study expected to almost halve number of endoscopies by 2020
...blood in poo, which could be an early sign of bowel cancer. By using FIT in this way, we can better identify patients who would most benefit from a colonoscopy. This could mean more than 100,000 NHS patients in England avoid the need for colonoscopies each year. It could also save the NHS millions...
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A quarter of hospitals in breach of waiting time target for bowel cancer tests
...reveal that nearly 2,000 people are waiting longer than the six week target set by the Government. The two key tests to diagnose bowel cancer are colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy – a camera on a thin, flexible cable inserted through the anus to look at different parts of the bowel. These tests...
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Neil Barker, Peterborough
...the IBD getting worse. I mentioned this when attending a routine appointment with my Gastroentrology team at my local hospital who said I was due a colonoscopy. I knew there was an increased risk of me being diagnosed with bowel cancer due to crohn's, but the hospital was monitoring me so I felt in...
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Families devastated by cancer as health bodies pass the buck
...surveillance programme to improve the management of people with the genetic condition. 49% of respondents to our survey experienced delays to their planned colonoscopy appointment date, with 78% waiting more than six weeks. Comprehensive UK guidelines should be developed that set out best practice...
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Almost half of people needing urgent investigations for bowel cancer symptoms are waiting too long
...almost 90,000 people on the waiting list for investigations in July 2021, 40% (34,859 people) were waiting more than six weeks for an endoscopy (colonoscopy or flexi-sigmoidoscopy, which can diagnose bowel cancer), with more than a third of people (36%, or 31,277) waiting more than 13 weeks. To compare...
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Susanti, Nottingham
...first my doctor thought it was hemorrhoids and indeed the symptoms were relieved by suppositories, but by late January he had booked me in for a colonoscopy due to severe anemia. It was only a few days after my colonoscopy that I was told I had stage 3 bowel cancer. The diagnosis felt like the end...
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Melanie Salsbury, Lichfield
...I visited the GP again and the locum doctor referred me to the hospital there and then. The rest is history so to speak. Following a CT scan and colonoscopy I was diagnosed in November. By this point my symptoms had gotten so bad that my stomach had started to swell. I actually looked like I was nine...
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Emma Burt, Twickenham
...scan didn't raise any concerns other than it looked as though some of my bowel was stuck down and might be causing a small obstruction. I was due a colonoscopy a week later, after going away for half term, and we agreed to wait until then to take any further action. Whilst away over half term I started...
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What Professor Sir Mike Richards’ Cancer Screening Review recommends for bowel cancer screening in England
...Professor Sir Mike Richards’ calls for national guidance to be developed for commissioners and for providers to plan for the required changes in colonoscopy, as well as the training of screening colonoscopists to be given high priority, are very welcome. Additionally, we look forward to seeing Sir...
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Kate Worth, Leicester
...satisfied with the waiting time so he persisted and I had my endoscopy in February 2018, which came back all clear. This was clear so I was seen for a colonoscopy which was in March 2018 and they discovered a tumour in my colon along with multiple polyps. The tumour had been bleeding internally and...
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Susan Harrod, Bushey Heath
...had never had any symptoms. When I went in for the appointment, I wasn’t too nervous. However, a polyp was found so I was quickly booked in for a colonoscopy three days later. I’m very lucky that I live in Hertfordshire, where they have two specialised bowel screening centres at Watford Hospital and...
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Steve Lewis, West Sussex
...popped the card in the post. Within days of sending off my samples I received a letter informing me that my test was abnormal and that I needed a colonoscopy. It was during this investigation that the cancer was detected and I experienced that awful feeling of dread. I was, however, determined that...
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Joy Dansette, Oxfordshire
...previously had an abnormal result they asked me to do one more to make sure. This one came back abnormal again I was sent a letter asking me to go for a colonoscopy, a camera test to look inside my bowel. During this the procedure, on reflection I noticed that they moved the screen away from my view...
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Jim Meighan, Cumbria
...problems. Then one day I bled profusely from my bottom. My GP did a rectal examination and blood test and referred me urgently to hospital for a colonoscopy. I was diagnosed with stage two bowel cancer – a golf-ball sized tumour in the rectum – and some polyps in the upper bowel. Our youngest son was...
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Our patron Matt Dawson MBE raising awareness of bowel cancer
...going to your doctor, or going to the hospital for a test or procedure during the pandemic then don't be. Just go. If your doctor asks you to have a colonoscopy investigation then you should have it done as soon as possible. Bowel cancer is treatable when it's caught early." Bowel cancer is the UK's...
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Marilyn Osborn, West Sussex
...disease. They sent me away and told me it would resolve itself. The pain continued for six months, and I went back to the doctor and begged for a colonoscopy because I felt like there was something wrong. The colonoscopy revealed a cancer which was 4 cm and growing outside the bowel. They needed to...