Oncology & Cancer
New website to help families spot bowel cancer risks
New research at the University of Plymouth has led to the creation a new website to help families at a high risk of bowel cancer.
Nov 29, 2017
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News tagged with bowel screening
Oncology & Cancer
Low complication rates after screening colonoscopy
During colonoscopy screening for bowel cancer and in the four weeks after the procedure, the risk for complications is low. This is the finding of a prospective cohort study conducted in the Saarland region, published in ...
Jun 15, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
30 percent reduction in deaths from bowel cancer
The rate of new cases of bowel cancer in Austria has fallen by around 20% in the last ten years, while the associated mortality rate has fallen by nearly 30%. This trend is primarily due to improvements in preventive screening ...
Apr 19, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Flexible sigmoidoscopy test just once greatly reduces life-time risk of bowel cancer
A world expert in cancer screening based at the University of Otago says new evidence from the United Kingdom strongly supports the introduction of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for bowel cancer in New Zealand rather than ...
Mar 3, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
One-off bowel scope cuts cancer risk for at least 17 years
A one-off bowel screening test reduces the risk of developing bowel cancer by more than one third and could save thousands of lives, according to a study published in The Lancet.
Feb 21, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
New findings on prostate cancer screening
The prostate-specific antigen test for prostate cancer was developed in the 1990s, quickly followed by an explosion of PSA screening for the disease and a further explosion of treatment. Treatment consists of either radiation ...
Sep 26, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sigmoidoscopy bowel-screening method promises reductions in mortality and risk
An effective national bowel screening programme involving a single test, a sigmoidoscopy, could be introduced in New Zealand within 12 months.
Mar 9, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers closer to genetic risk test for bowel cancer
University of Melbourne researchers are working to unlock more genetic variants that could predict a person's risk of developing bowel cancer.
Feb 4, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Backing from their GP could lead thousands more to take bowel cancer test
Almost 40,000 more people might take a bowel cancer test in England each year if the letter inviting them to do so was endorsed by their GP, according to research funded by the National Institute for Health Research and published ...
Feb 2, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
One in seven colorectal cancer patients diagnosed before recommended screening age
Nearly 15 percent of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer were younger than 50, the age at which screening recommendations begin.
Jan 25, 2016
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