The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have published new guidance on the use of a home test called faecal immunochemical test, known as FIT, in people with symptoms of possible bowel cancer.
Doctors have been advised by NICE to offer people with symptoms of possible bowel cancer a home test kit to help reduce waiting times for diagnostic tests, like a colonoscopy or flexi-sigmoidoscopy.
The new guidance will now see everyone with suspected bowel cancer receive a FIT kit.
Those with a positive result will be referred for a colonoscopy or other tests for further investigation. However, GPs can refer people for a colonoscopy without a positive FIT result if they think its necessary and where symptoms persist.
https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/nice-publishes-guidance-fit-primary-care/
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