Reliability of bowel cancer screening | Dr. Saurabh Mohite
In this article, Consultant Surgical Oncologist, Dr. Saurabh Mohite explains about bowel cancer, and the benefits and risks of bowel cancer screening. It aims to help you make an informed choice about taking part in the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
What is the purpose of bowel cancer screening?
• Bowel cancer screening aims to detect bowel cancer at an early stage (in people with no symptoms), when treatment is more likely to be effective.
• Bowel cancer screening can also detect polyps. These are not cancers, but may develop into cancers over time.
How reliable is bowel cancer screening?
How reliable is bowel cancer screening?
- Bowel cancer screening has been shown to reduce the risk of dying from bowel cancer.
- Like all screening tests, the FOB test is not 100% reliable.
- There is a chance that a cancer can be missed if it was not bleeding when the screening test was taken.
- Bowel cancer may also start to develop in the interval between screening tests.
- It is important to be aware of the symptoms of bowel cancer interval between screening tests.
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