Researchers found that adding a deadline to bowel screening invitation letters boosted test returns, with the largest effect for a 2-week return deadline. The study, which was led by Professor Katie Robb from the University of Glasgow’s School of Health and Wellbeing, involved 40,000 adults in the nationwide Scottish Bowel Screening Programme. Screening by self-sampled […]
More than 70 percent of patients with bowel cancer are not diagnosed using official screening programmes meaning diagnoses are often made late, when the cancer is at an advanced stage, according to new research from the University of Surrey. Embarrassment is the biggest reason for avoiding screening. In a paper published by the Journal of […]
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