Developing an Evidence Base for NHS England
We’re working on a way to make FIT as safe as possible, and identify whether it misses cancer in a predictable way The…
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Extra! Extra! – Read About the Latest Studies on FIT
Get Your Copy of the New Issue of Focus on FIT. Read about the latest clinical thinking on the adoption…
FIT Negative Follow-Up
Safety-netting patients with a low faecal haemoglobin concentration and modifying the current patient pathway to improve patient care. Dr. James…
Plans Announced for FIT Testing to Roll Out in England this Year
The Minister for Cancer, Steve Brine MP, announced plans to begin the roll out of the new bowel cancer screening…
The latest update on the NICE FIT study
The NICE FIT study, in collaboration with RM Partners, is a diagnostic accuracy study designed to evaluate the use of…
George Alagiah: Better screening ‘might have caught cancer’
BBC news presenter George Alagiah says his bowel cancer could have been caught earlier if the screening programme in England…
‘One-stop shops’ Set to Speed Up Cancer Diagnosis
A news article by the BBC on the pilot of ‘one-stop shops’ for cancer diagnosis in patients with unclear symptoms.…
Engaging Primary Care in Bowel Screening
GP Good Practice Guide – Scotland Version Cancer Research UK has a wealth of information surrounding faecal immunochemical testing (FIT)…
View the Results of the Digestive Diseases Day FIT Survey
On the 15th November 2017, Alpha Laboratories held a Digestive Diseases Day workshop. This educational day brought together experts in…
The sugar-attaching enzyme that defines colon cancer
Researchers have identified an enzyme that is absent in healthy colon tissue but abundant in colon cancer cells, according to…