Free DIY bowel cancer tests will be sent to ANYONE with symptoms in major NHS change
More than nine in ten patients will live five years or longer if it’s spotted early and treated swiftly.Using FIT could reduce the number of people referred for one, and so reduce the waiting times.
The tests cost between £4 and £5 per sample, and can correctly identify about 9 out of 10 people with colorectal cancer. They are designed to detect early-stage bowel cancer by picking up traces of blood in just a single gram of poo.What are the symptoms of bowel cancer?changes in your poo, such as having softer poo, diarrhoea or constipation that is not usual for youbleeding from your bottom
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