Bowel Cancer Screening
Screening uptake in England rose to 70.2% in 2022-23 after FIT was introduced. FIT replaced the faecal occult blood test in 2019 because it was more user-friendly. Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and was the se…
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Screening uptake in England rose to 70.2% in 2022-23 after FIT was introduced. FIT replaced the faecal occult blood test in 2019 because it was more user-friendly. Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and was the second leading cause of cancer-related death from 2017 to 2019. Bowel screening uptake remains unequal across deprivation and local practice contexts. The UK National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme offers adults aged 50-74 a home-based stool sampling test.