THOUSANDS more people in Barnsley will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, it has...

Now expanded under national plans, everyone aged 50-74 will receive a Bowel Screening FIT stool kit every two years, with samples sent for testing. Positive results prompt assessment by a ...

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 ...

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

Known as the 'faecal immunochemical test' (FIT), the kit checks for blood in a small stool sample, which can be a sign of bowel cancer, with about 90% accuracy. People are sent their kit in the post.

People aged 51 and 53 will need to wait until their next birthday but will then be posted a kit. The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) checks for blood in a stool sample, with people collecting ...