Hope you dont have cancer, but do a DIY test may help you.
Widespread use of a simple DIY test kit for bowel cancer could save thousands of lives a year.
The kit is being sent to men and women in their 60s throughout the UK as part of a national screening programme.
Cancer Research UK has calculated there would be up to 20,000 fewer deaths over the next 20 years if 60% of those who receive the test make use of it.
Yes, just a DIY test, may save great money.
If 80% used it, another 5,000 lives could be saved over 20 years, figures from a pilot scheme suggest.
"In both cases thousands of deaths could be prevented."
There are about 35,000 cases of bowel cancer diagnosed each year in the UK, and more than 16,000 people die from the disease.
Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK.
If you know how to do this DIY test, it may save your life.
The testing kit - the Faecal Occult Blood Test - is designed to allow people to take faecal samples in the privacy of their own home and send them for testing.
Yes, you can do it by yourself.
If any blood is found they are then invited for a colonoscopy.
...save money and your life...
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