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Colorectal screening - Management
What will happen following a normal screening test?
- People with a normal screening result will:
- Receive a letter explaining the result and information about the symptoms and signs of bowel cancer to look out for in the future.
- Be offered further faecal occult blood test screening every 2 years, until they are 70 or 74 years of age, depending on the maximum age range being used in their area.
[NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, 2006]
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