{"id":612,"date":"2017-11-23T11:12:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T09:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cancerphd\/?p=612"},"modified":"2017-11-23T11:12:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T09:12:46","slug":"bowel-cancer-screening-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cancerphd\/2017\/11\/bowel-cancer-screening-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowel Cancer Screening Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simplified Test for Bowel Cancer Launched<\/span><\/h1>\n

By\u00a0BBC Tayside and Central Scotland<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Shared by Ramadhani Chambuso<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Phyllis<\/span>
Phyllis<\/span> Weir (centre) said the bowel cancer screening test had saved her life<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A simplified screening test to detect the symptoms of bowel cancer has been launched in Scotland following a successful pilot.<\/p>\n

The new test only requires collecting one stool sample compared to the six separate samples previously required.<\/p>\n

The test will be offered every two years to all men and women in Scotland aged between 50 and 74.<\/p>\n

It is hoped the easier process will encourage more people to participate in the screening test.<\/p>\n

Bowel cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in both men and women in Scotland.<\/p>\n

About 3,700 new cases were diagnosed in 2015, with 95% of cases occurring in the over-50s.<\/p>\n

The UK National Screening Committee recommended that the test is rolled out nationally after a pilot involving 40,000 people.<\/p>\n

‘Save your life’<\/h2>\n

Phyllis Weir from Lanark was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2013 after taking the screening test.<\/p>\n

She told BBC Scotland: “I was shocked at the fact I had bowel cancer because I had absolutely no symptoms at all.<\/p>\n

“I would urge people to take this test because it can save your life.<\/p>\n

“I wouldn’t be here today if I hadn’t taken the test.<\/p>\n

“I have spoken to so many people since then who would still have their tests sitting in their bedroom drawer if they hadn’t heard my story.”<\/p>\n

Visiting the Scottish bowel screening lab in Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital, Health Secretary Shona Robison said: “Early diagnosis is crucial to saving lives.<\/p>\n

“More than 90% of bowel cancer cases can be treated successfully, if diagnosed early.<\/p>\n

“The new test is easier to use than the previous process and this will increase the number of people completing screening.<\/p>\n

“This will enable us to detect more conditions at an earlier stage, helping more people to beat bowel cancer than ever before.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source\u00a0link:\u00a0BBC Tayside and Central Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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