Cancer Awareness

BOWEL CANCER SCREENING

All men and women aged 60 to 74 who are registered with a GP in England are automatically sent a bowel cancer screening kit every 2 years. If you're 75 or over, you can ask for a kit every 2 years by phoning the free bowel cancer screening helpline on 0800 707 60 60.There are detailed instructions with each kit - you can read the kit instructions by clicking on the following link:-

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bowel-cancer-screening-kit-how-to-use

Bowel cancer screening could save around 2,000 lives in the UK per year by 2025, reducing the bowel cancer mortality rate by 12-15% in females and 13-17% in males.

BREAST SCREENING

Breast Screening is offered 3 year to all women aged 50-70.

For more information, call 01582 597599

For more information please click on the link below:-

https://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/breast-cancer-screening/what-happens/

20-year Outcomes for Women With and Without Breast Screening, Estimates per 1,000 Women, UK

Estimated 20-year outcomes per 1,000 UK women	No breast screening	With breast screening
Deaths from breast cancer	21	16
Lives saved by breast screening	0	5
Women treated for breast cancer and survived	37	59
Breast cancer present but not diagnosed, with no ill effects	17	0
Breast cancer overdiagnosed due to screening	0	17

CERVICAL SCREENING

Cervical Screening is offered at our surgery to women aged 25-64. It is offered every 3 years for those aged 26-49 and every 5 years for those aged 50-64.

To book your screening, call 01438 31130

At least 2,000 cervical cancer deaths are prevented in the UK each year through screening.

Cervical cancer 3-year relative survival is higher among people diagnosed via screening than those diagnosed via any other route.

Screened women in the UK aged 35-64 have a 60-80% lower risk of being diagnosed with cervical cancer in the five years following their screening, compared with unscreened women.