Bowel cancer

The health screening aims to detect abnormalities that could lead to bowel cancer at the earliest possible stage. This increases the chances of successful treatment. This also often means that the treatment is less invasive. The bowel cancer screening programme is for all men and women aged 55 to 75 years. During the bowel cancer screening, we examine whether there is blood in your stool (poo). Blood in your stool could be a result of polyps and/or bowel cancer. Bowel cancer starts as a polyp in the large intestine. A polyp is a small lump on the inner lining of the large intestine. Most polyps are benign, but bowel cancer can develop in some polyps. People usually don’t notice anything when they have polyps.