Take bowel cancer test!, Mayor urges over-60s

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Friday, 31 March 2017 11:58

by Roger Donnelly

Everyone over sixty is being urged to get tested for Northern Ireland's second biggest cancer killer.

Mid and East Antrim Mayor Audrey Wales has issued the advice ahead of "Bowel Cancer Awareness Month", which starts tomorrow.

Now screening is recommended as the best way to get early diagnosis, which increases survival chances.

And we'll be hearing a lot more about bowel cancer prevention in Monday's Q Radio News.

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