All 50 to 74-year-olds in England will receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years, as the NHS expands its lifesaving screening programme. The age is now being lowered from 54 to 50 ...

Almost a third of people eligible for bowel screening in England do not complete their test, according to a charity. Bowel Cancer UK said that while “great work” has been done to improve screening ...

While mammograms and smear tests are widely recognised, a crucial screening for bowel cancer often goes unnoticed, with new data revealing that nearly a third of eligible individuals in England are ...

NHS bowel cancer screening has now tested nearly 85million people for the disease and uptake has soared with the help of Sun columnist Dame Deborah James. The health service is marking 20 years of ...

Eleven cancers - including bowel cancer - are becoming more common in young people in England, according to a major study, but exactly why remains a bit of a mystery. Rising levels of obesity are ...