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dec 29, 2005 - NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Launched

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The NHS bowel cancer screening programme is one of the first national bowel screening programmes in the world, and the first cancer screening programme in England to include men as well as women. All men and women aged 60 to 69 are expected to be included by December 2009, meaning around 2 million men and women will be screened and an estimated 3,000 cancers detected every year.

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dec 29, 2005
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~ 19 years ago

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