Bowel cancer screening
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Publication date Sep 27, 2007
Cancer screening means looking for signs of cancer in healthy people. The idea is to find cancers before they have started to cause any symptoms. This means treatment can be started early. Bowel cancer is a serious condition, but there are good treatments. Treatment is most likely to work if the disease is found at an early stage. If you are worried about bowel cancer, you might want to have a screening test.
We've brought together the best research about bowel cancer screening and weighed up the evidence about the different methods. You can use our information to talk to your doctor and decide which screening test is best for you.
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