Men targeted in colon cancer screening

ONLY 60% of men and women are likely to participate in the national colorectal screening programme when it is launched next year.

It is the first time that men will be involved in a national screening programme and that presents a big challenge, said Tony O’Brien, director of the National Cancer Screening Service.

He was speaking at the announcement of 15 ‘candidate’ colonoscopy screening units that have yet to demonstrate they have passed all the tests to confirm their status.