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Bowel scope screening is stopping in England. What is the future of bowel cancer screening?
In 2013, NHS England began rolling out a screening test for bowel cancer for people aged 55, known as bowel scope screening. Bowel scope has been used in England alongside the home screening test, FIT for people aged 60-74. There have been a number of challenges with the roll-out of the bowel scope...
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Stomas
A stoma is where a section of bowel is brought out through an opening on your stomach area (abdomen). Poo (waste) is collected in a bag attached to the skin around your stoma. A stoma can be temporary or permanent. A temporary stoma is formed to allow the bowel to heal after surgery. If there’s...
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An optimal bowel cancer screening programme
...colonoscopy. The use of gFOBt has been shown to reduce deaths from bowel cancer by 16%. 2011 - screening for bowel cancer using flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel scope) as a one-off test. Research shows that a one off FS could save up to 3,000 lives a year and prevent a third of bowel cancers in those...
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Life-saving bowel scope screening test at risk
...through a Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) partnership and Cancer Research UK, found that the NHS bowel scope screening test prevented more than half of potential bowel cancers from developing in the lower bowel and two thirds of deaths were avoided...
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Our new report launches exploring the major challenges facing bowel cancer services
We've launched a new report ‘Improving Bowel Cancer Outcomes: A Roadmap for Change', which sets out the challenges facing bowel cancer services in the UK. The report was launched at our Parliamentary roundtable meeting held yesterday (Tuesday 2 November). The event was attended by leading clinicians...
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Trialling a personalised bowel cancer treatment plan in response to the coronavirus pandemic
Dr Diana Tait, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at The Royal Marsden Hospital, discusses the potential changes to bowel cancer treatment following the coronavirus pandemic. How has coronavirus impacted cancer treatment? Importantly the NHS managed to quickly adapt to deal with the coronavirus, but this...
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Kate Worth, Leicester
I was diagnosed with stage 2 bowel cancer in May 2018, at the age of 36. I went to give blood in December 2017, but couldn’t because my iron levels were too low. I went to the GP and had some blood tests, but there was no obvious reason for my anaemia. Because he couldn’t find a reason he made an urgent...
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Welsh rugby legend urges people to take bowel screening test
During this Six Nations Championships, Public Health Wales, working together with us and Welsh Rugby legend, Jamie Roberts, are urging people to do the bowel screening test when they receive it in the post. Currently in Wales, if you’re aged 60 – 74 you will receive a free NHS bowel screening test every...
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Former Health Secretary Lord Lansley reveals he has bowel cancer
For Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, the former Health Secretary Lord Andrew Lansley has revealed that he has bowel cancer and says that his disease could have been caught sooner had a pilot national screening programme that he introduced been rolled out nationwide. Lord Lansley wrote in The Daily Telegraph...
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A quarter of hospitals in breach of waiting time target for bowel cancer tests
...high demand and lack of capacity for endoscopy is impacting the Government’s pledge to deliver what they’ve already committed to: Delivering the NHS bowel scope screening programme to people aged 55 Introducing the Faecal Immunochemical test (FIT) to the screening programmes in England replacing the...
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Can artificial intelligence help improve bowel cancer treatment decisions?
A leading group of researchers have developed a new way to study bowel cancer samples using digital pathology images. This means the subtype of bowel cancer a patient has can be more easily identified to better understand how bowel cancer will grow and respond to treatment. As research develops, this...
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Rebecca Stafford, Essex
When I was 19, my family and I were sent for genetic testing after my nan had three cancers and my uncle passed away at the young age of 39 from bowel cancer. I tested positive, confirming I had the mutated gene and therefore had Lynch syndrome. This meant I would be going for regular colonoscopies...
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Jamie Temple, Newcastle
I was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 26 years old. I count myself 'lucky' in that it was caught early (stage 1), however it could have all been avoided. Cancer is something that has been prevalent throughout my family. My dad and my maternal grandad both had bowel cancer, so I was more than aware of...
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Researchers use artificial intelligence to help tailor bowel cancer treatment
A leading group of researchers have developed a new way to study bowel cancer samples using digital images. This means that patients could be better matched to the best treatment for them. Previous research has shown that there are four distinct subtypes of bowel cancer. These subtypes group bowel cancers...
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Mark Newberry, Hamilton
I was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in December 2017 at the age of 38. I had been having irregular bowel movements for a few months but didn’t think much about it. In the week leading up to when I was diagnosed, I had bad stomach pains, was unable to keep any food down and I also felt lethargic...
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The importance of pathology for bowel cancer patients
Written by Dr Suzy Lishman In the prestigious New Year’s Honours list, our Scientific Advisory Board Chair, Dr Suzy Lishman, was awarded a CBE for her services to pathology. Dr Lishman is the former President of the Royal College of Pathologists and continues to work as a Consultant Histopathologist...
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Nick Rimmer, Crieff
I was diagnosed with bowel cancer but I was lucky. You’re probably thinking that’s a strange introduction to my story, but when I explain it, you’ll see that I am indeed lucky. Back in October 2019 I hit the grand old age of 50. I celebrated with friends and family and without a doubt it was one of...
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Join our living well with advanced bowel cancer virtual event
The virtual event is taking place on Saturday 6 November 2021 from 10.30am to 1.15pm over Zoom. It's a free information and support event for patients, friends and family that have been affected by advanced bowel cancer. Advanced bowel cancer is when cancer has spread from the bowel to other parts of...
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Susan Harrod, Bushey Heath
In May 2019 I was sent a letter under the new NHS Bowel Screening Programme for people aged 55 years plus to have a bowel scope. This is just a look at the lower part of the bowel and is painless – it takes about 10 minutes and doesn’t require sedation. I had turned 55 in February 2019 and my GP had...
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We urge people with bowel cancer symptoms to contact their GP without delay
There has been a big fall in the numbers of people being referred by their GPs for investigation into potential cancer symptoms. Across the UK, urgent suspected cancer referrals, commonly known in England and Wales as the two week wait, are down by between 70-75%. That means three out of four people...