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2. Hundreds of thousands of people aged 50 and 52 to be sent ...

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   While the bowel cancer screening programme will cover those aged 50 to 74, anyone aged 75 and over can request a kit by phoning the NHS bowel cancer screening helpline on 0800 707 60 60.

3. Over-50s in England offered home bowel-cancer tests - AOL

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   All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years. ... But after trials of local screening programmes for 50-year-olds, the age is now being ...

4. Fecal immunochemical test - Wikipedia

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   The fecal immunochemical test (FIT) is a diagnostic technique that examines stool samples for traces of non-visible blood, which could potentially indicate conditions including bowel cancer. [1] Symptoms which could be caused by bowel cancer and suggest a FIT include a change in bowel habit, anaemia, unexplained weight loss, and abdominal pain.

5. Cancer screening - Wikipedia

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   A bowel polyp that can be identified by sigmoidoscopy. Some polyps will develop into cancers if not removed. Screening for colorectal cancer, if done early enough, is preventive, seeing as benign lumps called polyps in the colon and rectum are the start to almost all cases of

6. Colorectal cancer - Wikipedia

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   The signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer depend on the location of the tumor in the bowel, and whether it has spread elsewhere in the body ().The classic warning signs include: worsening constipation, blood in the stool, decrease in stool caliber (thickness), loss of appetite, loss of weight, and nausea or vomiting in someone over 50 years old. [15]

7. NHS urges people to use bowel cancer home testing kit ... - AOL

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