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Colorectal screening
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Age from 60 years onwards
This CKS topic is based on The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme — information for primary care [NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, 2006].
This CKS topic covers information about the programme to screen people at normal risk of bowel cancer using the faecal occult blood test, but it contains no recommendations about implementing the programme, as primary healthcare professionals are not directly involved.
This CKS topic does not cover screening of people known to be at high risk for bowel cancer, such as people with inflammatory bowel disease or a strong family history of bowel cancer.
The target audience for this CKS topic is healthcare professionals working within the NHS in England, and providing first contact or primary health care.
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