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Having a colonoscopy - NHS
www.nhs.ukLarge bowel Small bowel Anus Oesophagus (gullet) Stomach 1 What is bowel cancer? Bowel cancer is the term used for cancer that begins in the large bowel.
The NHS Cancer Plan
www.thh.nhs.ukThe NHS Cancer Plan: next steps 96 Contents 1. Foreword by the Secretary of State Every year 200,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in England. And every year ... cancer and bowel cancer, that is partly because patients tend to have a more advanced stage of disease by the time they are treated. This may be because they
NHS CANCER PROGRAMME
www.england.nhs.ukThe NHS Cancer Programme leads the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions for cancer; • By 2028, 55,000 more people each ... recovered from bowel cancer herself, accompanied by regional press releases and local data. Dr Phillipa took part in a range of media
GUIDE BOOK FOR PROGRAMME HUBS AND SCREENING …
www.bcsp.nhs.uk- 1 - 1. PROGRAMME OVERVIEW 1.1 Background Bowel cancer is a major public health problem. It is the second most common cause of cancer death in the United Kingdom.1 Research undertaken in Nottingham2 and Funen3 in the 1980s showed that screening men and women aged 45–74 for bowel cancer using the faecal occult
Report of THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF ADULT …
www.england.nhs.ukaortic aneurysm, bowel cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer and diabetic eye screening, noting that the latter also extends to young people. Together, these programmes save around 10,000 lives a year through prevention and early diagnosis. As a …
Cancer Workforce Plan Phase 1 - Delivering the Cancer ...
www.hee.nhs.ukThe NHS belongs to the people. It is there to improve our health and wellbeing, supporting us to keep ... Cancer Workforce Plan 3 ... that we are about to roll out a new screening test for bowel cancer that will allow us to detect and treat this disease at an earlier stage, but it will require the time and expertise ...