Colorectal neoplasia causes bleeding, enabling detection using Faecal Occult Blood tests (FOBt). The National Health Service (NHS) Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) guaiac-based FOBt (gFOBt) ...

In an English cohort study, patients with symptomatic presentation of colorectal cancer (CRC) and faecal immunochemical test (FIT) results ≥ 10 µg of haemoglobin (Hb)/g had a higher risk for 1-year ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. PEOPLE with a family history of bowel cancer should have many more regular tests than the amount recommended if they hope to detect ...

In England, 37 people die each day from bowel cancer, but screening using faecal blood testing followed by a colonoscopy can reduce both the incidence of this cancer and the number of resulting deaths ...

While screening for colorectal cancer did not, so far, reduce mortality, it did reduce the need for chemotherapy and emergency surgeries among male patients. Colorectal cancer is the third most common ...

In England, 37 people die each day from bowel cancer, but screening using faecal blood testing followed by colonoscopy can reduce both the incidence of this cancer and the number of resulting deaths.

Faecal calprotectin (FC) can be a useful test for ruling on inflammatory bowel disease in older adults as long as cancer is ...

Chandigarh: Central University of Punjab at Bathinda has distributed faecal test kits to detect cancer, especially stomach cancer, among locals of four villages — Jhumba, Baho, Yatri and Ghudda — ...

A Waterford company that is cutting the time to diagnose sick livestock has finished first out of 50 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the EU’s SmartAgriFood accelerator programme. The CF Pharma ...

A new faecal test for horses could help reduce the risk of sand colic, its creators believe. Westgate Labs is offering the test, conducted in a similar manner to its faecal worm egg counts, to monitor ...