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

NHS bowel cancer tests will be fine-tuned to spot more tumours early as part of a faster diagnosis drive. It is another win ...

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

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

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 ...

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

A mum, 43, with two young children reveals how she had cancer for years before she was diagnosed and wants to encourage ...

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

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 ...

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

The new rules come into force in England next month ...