NHS first to offer bowel cancer screening

The NHS is offering routine preventative bowel cancer screening to thousands of people in England with a genetic condition that increases their chance of developing certain cancers. This is a world-first move by the health service to reduce cases and identify bowel cancers earlier when successful treatment and cure is more likely. As part of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Program, people with Lynch syndrome will be invited for bowel surveillance every two years, where they’ll be seen by a specialist team and assessed for a colonoscopy. Lynch syndrome is an inherited condition that increases the risk of certain cancers, including bowel, ovarian and pancreatic. Out of 100 people with Lynch syndrome, screening prevents between 40 and 60 people from getting bowel cancer.
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