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Should colon cancer screening start at age 45 or 55?
  • 14 August 2018
  • Screening
  • In May of this year, the American Cancer Society updated its screening guidelines for colorectal cancer, recommending that.........
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EuropaColon's Prevention and Screening Booklet is now available in Portuguese and Czech!
  • 17 May 2018
  • Screening
  • We have translated the prevention and screening booklets in 12 languages to date. Click the link below to.........
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Faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) can help to rule out colorectal cancer in patients with lower abdominal symptoms
  • 02 November 2017
  • Screening
  • A systematic review published today in BMC Medicine has found that faecal immunochemical tests (FIT), which are used.........
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Should Colon Cancer Screening Start at 45, not 50?
  • 01 November 2017
  • Screening
  • Currently, people at average risk of colon cancerare told to start screening for the disease at age 50..........
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Are colon cancer screenings necessary after a certain age?
  • 21 September 2017
  • Screening
  • Q. I am 77 and in overall good health. My previous colonoscopies to check for colon cancer have.........
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Bowel cancer test: 'No health minister' means NI people must wait
  • 22 August 2017
  • Screening
  • A new, more accurate screening test for bowel cancer is on hold in Northern Ireland because there is.........
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Olympus, Colon Cancer Coalition to target screening rates
  • 18 May 2017
  • Screening


  • Olympus and the Colon Cancer Coalition are partnering on a public education and awareness scheme with the goal.........
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Stars Come Out to Join Live Broadcast Supporting Nationwide Push to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening by 2018
  • 27 February 2017
  • Screening
  • Katie Couric, actor Luke Perry, country music artist Craig Campbell and professional race car driver Scott Lagasse, Jr..........
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Managing Long-term Follow-up Cured Colon Cancer
  • 23 January 2017
  • Screening
  • Q: What Do I Tell the Surgeons Who Insist on Annual Colonoscopies for Patients With Cured Colon Cancer,.........
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Which Colon Cancer Screening Test Is Best?
  • 22 September 2016
  • Screening
  • When it comes to colon cancer screening, there are more choices than ever before. That's the good news,.........
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When A Screening Test For Colon Cancer Leads To A Pricey Follow-Up
  • 31 August 2016
  • Screening
  • When DNA colon cancer screening tests find abnormalities, are patients discouraged about getting more diagnostic testing because of.........
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NHS Borders 'leading the way' against bowel cancer
  • 10 August 2016
  • Screening
  • NHS Borders is "leading the way" when it comes to screening people for bowel cancer, according to a.........
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Companies Develop First Ingestible X-Ray Capsule for Colorectal Cancer Screening
  • 10 August 2016
  • Screening
  • Check-Cap Ltd., a medical diagnostics company based in Israel, has entered into an agreement with GE Healthcare to.........
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We need to get over our fear of describing bowel cancer symptoms
  • 07 July 2016
  • Screening
  • Bowel Cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK today and is a significant problem in.........
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Bowel cancer trumps embarrassment: Why you should use your screening kit
  • 31 March 2016
  • Screening
  • They're designed to save lives, yet many of us aren't completing bowel cancer screening tests. Lisa Salmon reports.........
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New 'poo kit' to cut bowel cancer
  • 16 March 2016
  • Screening
  • With nearly half the people in Leeds (44%) ignoring their bowel cancer screening tests, the NHS and Public.........
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One in sevel colorectal cancer patients diagnosed before recommended screening age
  • 27 January 2016
  • Screening
  • Colorectal cancer in younger people linked to more advanced disease but better survival.



    Nearly 15 percent of patients diagnosed.........
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Screening gets top marks for picking up bowel cancer early
  • 27 January 2016
  • Screening
  • BOWEL cancer is more likely to be diagnosed at the earliest stage if it is picked up by.........
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Virtual colonoscopy an alternative to FOB test, colonoscopy for colorectal cancer?
  • 07 January 2016
  • Screening
  • Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in the world, with population screening being recommended for early.........
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