Half of over 60s ‘ignore bowel screening’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK
Half of people in England sent a home-testing kit for bowel cancer in 2015 did not use it, according to research in the European Journal of Cancer.
Fewer men than women returned the kits, which are designed to detect the disease before symptoms appear.
The current screening kit requires small stool samples to be posted for screening in specially sealed envelopes.
Cancer Research UK said it was...
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