By reducing the level at which traces of blood in a FIT test trigger further investigation – from 120 micrograms of blood per gram of poo down to 80 – the NHS will offer 35% more screening ...

The adjustment is projected to identify an additional 600 bowel cancer cases early each year, marking an 11 per cent increase ...

NHS bowel cancer tests will be fine-tuned to spot tumours earlier. Health service labs will increase the sensitivity of the ...

Increased sensitivity of test that detects the second deadliest cancer will save hundreds of lives, oncologists say ...

Thousands of people will be saved from bowel cancer under changes to the national screening programme, health officials have said.

The NHS in England is improving the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening in a bid to pick up thousands more cases that could ...

In a significant update, the National Health Service in England is set to enhance early diagnosis of bowel cancer by making ...

NHS England is lowering the threshold used in the FIT bowel cancer screening test, increasing its sensitivity. By 2028, the ...

Bowel cancer symptoms can be difficult to identify and are typically only evident during bathroom visits. Macmillan Cancer Support notes that the disease can occasionally cause a blockage, resulting ...

NHS England is to lower the detection threshold for a home screening kit to trigger bowel cancer screening from next month in a move it says will lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment for thousands ...

Patients will be able to find out whether they have genes linked to cancer using a world-leading tool developed by the NHS.

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