Dame Deborah James’ husband urges millions of Brits to take up offer of life-saving NHS bowel cancer tests
A small stick provided helps collect a tiny sample of poo from the toilet, which is then sent back to the NHS in a plastic pot.
Bowel or colorectal cancer is the second most common form of the disease in the UK, with 43,000 cases and 17,000 deaths every year in the UK.Around six in 10 people survive five years or more after diagnosis – but catching it early is vital.which successfully called for the screening age to be lowered from 60 to 50 by 2025.
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