The national bowel cancer screening programme has led to a ‘critical’ reduction in cases, a major study reveals.
Experts described the checks as ‘life-saving’ and urged people to participate when invited to do so by the NHS.
The tests identify abnormalities and help doctors find pre-cancerous polyps, which can often be removed before they develop into tumours.
The incidence of bowel cancer in the lowermost portion of the large bowel has decreased by 15 per cent following the introduction of