Low uptake for free BowelScreen service

Bowel cancer rates for men are double that of women yet fewer men than women are using the free detection service, it has emerged.

Despite BowelScreen’s success at discovering cancer at an early stage, just 40% of eligible men and women are participating in the programme.

First round results from BowelScreen also reveal a gender imbalance with more eligible women (44%) than eligible men (36%) taking part.