By reducing the level at which traces of blood in a FIT test trigger further investigation – from 120 micrograms of blood per gram of poo down to 80 – the NHS will offer 35% more screening ...

NHS England » Thousands at risk of inherited cancers to receive regular NHS checks through world-first genetics programme ...

Patients will be able to find out whether they have genes linked to cancer using a world-leading tool developed by the NHS.

NHS England will collect patient information on 100 genes linked to an increased risk of cancer, in a bid to identify those ...

The NHS in England is improving the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening in a bid to pick up thousands more cases that could ...

NHS England has announced it is reducing the level at which traces of blood in a FIT test trigger further investigation for ...

NHS guidelines for gene testing miss half of people carrying inherited genetic changes linked to cancer, a new study reports. Scientists assessed patients who received testing in the private sector to ...

The health service has created a database of 120 genes known to increase the chances of the disease.

A study has revealed that current NHS guidelines on testing for genetic alterations linked to cancer could be missing around half of people carrying them, says a new study. The work by scientists at ...