The kit, a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), uses antibodies to detect blood in stool. This blood is an early warning sign of colon cancer, and those who test positive are urged to undergo a ...

The NHS expands the bowel screening programme to include people aged 50-54, aiming for earlier cancer detection and improved survival rates.

As blood in stool could be an early sign of bowel cancer ... If you’re over 50, you might receive a test kit as part of this update. The reason for this age range is that the risk of bowel ...

The basic FIT (Fecal Immunochemical Test) test actually tests for human blood in the stool. And if it meets a certain amount of human blood in the stool, it flips positive. The multi-targeted ...

The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) checks for blood in a stool sample, with people collecting ... If you’re sent a bowel cancer screening kit, put it by the loo. Don't put it off.

All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years. NHS England has been ...