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Bowel Cancer
Recent studies by N.J. West and co-authors add new data to bowel cancer findings
September 30th, 2008
According to recent research from the United Kingdom, "Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK with 36 100 new cases diagnosed each year in U.K. and Wales and 55% of all patients presenting with lymph node metastases at the time of diagnosis. Early detection, before the development of symptoms, may be an effective way of reducing mortality and it is this which a screening programme seeks to address." "The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (NHS BCSP) commenced in April 2006 and invites men and women aged 60-69 to participate via submission of a faecal occult blood test every 2 years; those with...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-30)
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