Ask the specialist: Supporting patients with FIT
In this blog, we spoke to Dr Roger Prudham, Consultant Gastroenterologist, and Dr Sarah Taylor, GatewayC GP Lead, to answer your FIT questions. These questions were asked during live webinars covering FIT, produced in collaboration with NHS England and the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance Early Diagnosis Team. FIT for Clinicians Watch the clinical FIT […]
Bowel cancer awareness month: FIT guidance
Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK with 54% of cases classified as preventable (Cancer Research UK, 2015). Public Health England and Public Health Wales have evidenced that the one-year net survival for colorectal cancer decreases from 98% when cancer is diagnosed at stage 1, to just over 40% when diagnosed […]
Meet the specialists: faecal immunochemical test (FIT) in suspected bowel cancer Q&A
28th May 2021 Missed our GatewayC Live webinar? Watch the recording here. In this webinar, GatewayC met Dr Rory Harvey, Consultant Gastroenterologist at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In this webinar, we explored the role and benefits of using the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) in patients with suspected bowel cancer. Our speaker answered key questions […]