Completing a Bowel Cancer Screening Kit
A health improvement specialist in London, Leena Khagram, took part in a short film about why the bowel cancer screening programme is so vital across London and the whole of the UK. Giving insights into causes of bowel cancer and how important it is to be screened for bowel cancer, as sometimes there are no symptoms and the simple bowel cancer screening test does save lives.
Why Should You Complete a Bowel Cancer Screening Kit?
The bowel cancer screening test is simple to complete, watch the video below to understand why it is so important for everyone to complete the test kit every time it is received.
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How to Complete a Bowel Cancer Screening Test
Tim Ajetunmobi, a screening coordinator at St. Mark’s Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in London, talks about how to complete a home test for bowel cancer screening and why it is so important even if you do not have any symptoms.
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How is my Test Kit Processed?
Understand how your bowel cancer screening kit is processed in the London Bowel Cancer Screening
Programme Hub. Rosaline Yoganandhan, the Service Development Lead for the Hub, takes you though the journey of a returned kit and how it is analysed.
For more information about your bowel cancer screening test journey, click here.
Follow Up Colonoscopy: What to Expect?
As part of the bowel cancer screening, you may be asked to to attend an appointment for a follow up colonoscopy. Nicky Palmer from St. Mark’s Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in London, advises on what to expect during the procedure.
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