How does bowel cancer screening help?
A Studies clearly show a marked reduction in mortality from bowel cancer in screened populations. Bowel cancer is 90% curable if caught early, and only screening can do this. Bowel cancer typically does not show clinical symptoms until it is at a more advanced stage. The disease is less than 10% curable when detected late in its progress. Since bowel cancer shows few if any symptoms, screening is the only way to detect it in its early, more curable stages.
