Lower the age for bowel screening in England to 55.

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What the petition asks

Last year, I lost my role model, my best friend, and my dad. He was diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer with secondary mets to his liver and lymph nodes. He was just 58 years old, had just become a grandad for the first time and had the rest of his life to live.

Currently, the NHS provides bowel screening every 2 years from the age of 60, although evidence from Cancer Research UK shows that between 2012-2014 age-specific incidence rates of bowel cancer rise steeply from around age 50-54. The diagnosis rates are also much higher for men. The current survival rate for stage 4 bowel cancer in men is just 5% compared to stage 3 which is 65%. I truly believe that if the screening age was lowered to 55, that there would be a better chance of survival.

Timeline

16 May 2018	Petition opened for signatures
16 Nov 2018	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 190

Status Closed

Opened 16 May 2018

Closed 16 Nov 2018

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