Looking for signs of the cancer in a more convenient way could help women access the test and prevent the disease occurring, researchers say.

England’s National Health Service’s faecal immunochemical test (FIT) has reduced referrals for suspected bowel cancer by ...

Brits born between two dates will be sent a kit to test for a potentially deadly disease. The NHS offers at-home testing kits for bowel cancer, for people of a certain age. To carry out the test, you ...

New plans have been announced to shake up the way cervical cancer risk is detected in England: at-home HPV testing kits are set to be offered to women who have missed their cervical smear test ...

A simple home test is sparing thousands of people from unnecessary hospital investigations for bowel cancer, while helping ...

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Thousands of cases of bowel cancer will be diagnosed earlier – or prevented altogether – under major NHS plans to increase the s ...

Over 44,000 cases of bowel cancer are diagnosed each year ...