Free Bowel cancer testing kits for FIRST Security employees
A screening kit contains a test stick for collecting a sample of your bowel motion, a sample tube to contain the stick, a consent form for you to sign, and secure packaging for posting the sample to the pathology laboratory for analysis. Results are sent to you and to your GP.
The screening test is simple, clean and fast, and you do it by yourself at home.
The screening test is simple, clean and fast, and you do it by yourself at home.
Bowel cancer can develop without any early warning signs and screening is one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of dying of bowel cancer.
When caught early, 90% of bowel cancer cases can be treated successfully.
The screening test is called a Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) and it checks for blood in your bowel motion, not for bowel cancer itself. The FIT can detect small amounts of blood in your bowel movement (stool), invisible to the naked eye. Blood can leak from pre-cancerous polyps or early stage bowel cancer and pass into bowel movements before any bowel cancer symptoms become apparent.
When caught early, 90% of bowel cancer cases can be treated successfully.
The screening test is called a Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) and it checks for blood in your bowel motion, not for bowel cancer itself. The FIT can detect small amounts of blood in your bowel movement (stool), invisible to the naked eye. Blood can leak from pre-cancerous polyps or early stage bowel cancer and pass into bowel movements before any bowel cancer symptoms become apparent.