Huge win for late Dame Deborah James as NHS slashes bowel cancer screening age

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THE NHS is lowering the bowel cancer screening age from 60 to 50 in a massive win for campaigner Dame Deborah James. The £16million Bowelbabe fundraiser, and The Sun, led calls for the change befor…

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