Hundreds of thousands of people aged 50 and 52 are set to receive a bowel cancer testing kit in the post from the NHS.

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NHS extends bowel cancer screening programme after Oxford study

All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years.NHS England has been posting

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NHS home bowel-cancer tests to be extended to over-50s in England

Dame Deborah James had campaigned under the Bowelbabe Fund for cancer research and was even given a damehood from Prince William for services to charity in 2022

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Dame Deborah James win as NHS lowers bowel cancer screening age from 60 to 50

In what's hailed as a colossal victory for late campaigner Dame Deborah James, the NHS is said to be reducing the bowel cancer screening age from 60 to 50. Reports

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Deborah James' campaign triumphs as NHS drops bowel cancer screening age

THE NHS is lowering the bowel cancer screening age from 60 to 50 in a massive win for campaigner Dame Deborah James.The £16million Bowelbabe fundrais

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Huge win for late Dame Deborah James as NHS slashes bowel cancer screening age

The NHS is extending its bowel cancer screening programme, with testing kits set to be sent to hundreds of thousands of people aged 50 and 52 across England

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Hundreds of thousands of people aged 50 and 52 to be sent bowel cancer test

The NHS is set to screen four million people a year for bowel cancer after it lowered the screening age from 60 to 50 - in a huge victory for the tireless campaigning of the late Dame Deborah James

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Dame Deborah James' legacy leads to NHS lowering bowel cancer screening age

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The NHS is extending its bowel cancer screening programme across England

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850,000 people to be sent NHS bowel cancer test

The NHS has lowered the bowel cancer screening age from 60 to 50 after campaigner Dame Deborah James, who died aged 40 in 2022, called for the change before her death

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Huge win for late Dame Deborah James as bowel cancer screening age is lowered

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/nhs-home-bowel-cancer-tests-to-be-extended-to-over-50s-in-england/ All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years. NHS England has been posting the faecal-immunochemical test (Fit) to all 54-74-year-olds since 2021 and anyone older can request one over the phone. But after trials of local screening programmes for 50-year-olds, the age is […]

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