In 2006, the National Health Service Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in England (NHSBCSP) began offering routine population-based biennial faecal occult blood testing (FOBt) at ages 60–69. There is, ...

The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) offers biennial faecal occult blood testing (FOBt) followed by colonoscopy after positive results. Colorectal cancers (CRCs) registered with the ...

A new study shows that if you adopt a healthier lifestyle after bowel screening, it can lower your risk of both bowel cancer and other chronic diseases. Previous studies have estimated that ...

Helen Coleman receives funding from Cancer Research UK, the OCHRE charity and the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health Northern Ireland. Not all cancers are equal – especially when it comes to ...

With a participation rate of 47 per cent, Tasmania, tied with South Australia, also topped the nation for bowel screening ...

Epidemiologist Wendy Atkin from Imperial College London explains how a revolution in bowel cancer screening could drastically cut the death rate. It involves examining the lower third of the bowel, ...

More Kiwis will get access to free bowel cancer screening now the starting age is set to be lowered from 60 to 58 years old. The change will come into effect on Monday for Northland, Auckland and the ...

Preparing for a colonoscopy isn’t fun. Patients must fast and drink litres of fluid laced with foul-tasting chemicals to clean out their bowels. The good news is that a more friendly alternative is in ...

Growing a beard could help save a life—and it’s all in support of a national bowel cancer campaign. Decembeard is a ...

When she went to see her GP for a separate matter in late February this year, she was told "you've got two positive results ...

Free bowel cancer screening has been expanded from ages 60- 74 to 58-74 The announcement repurposes funding set aside by the previous government to lower the eligibility age for Māori and Pacific ...

From Monday, the starting age for free bowel screening will be lowered from 60 to 58 in Northland, Auckland, and the South Island, with the rest of the North Island to follow in March 2026, Health ...