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• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with polyps >> Interview 32 >> The doctor removed two polyps during the colonoscopy. It wasn't painful.

He was invited to be screened for bowel cancer in 2006 when aged 65. The first Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was unclear so he repeated it. This was abnormal so he had a colonoscopy. Two benign polyps were removed.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> FOBt with normal result >> Interview 10 >> She was lightly sedated and asked questions during the colonoscopy but afterwards could not remember what had happened.

Invited to be screened for bowel cancer in 2005 when aged 62. The result of the Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was normal.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> FOBt with normal result >> Interview 03 >> He had a colonoscopy without sedation because he wanted to know what was going on. He did not find it uncomfortable.

Screened in 2000, aged 64. Faecal Occult Blood test (FOB) test was normal, but later he noticed blood in his stools, was referred to a consultant, diagnosed with cancer, and treated with surgery.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Interview 47 >> Andrea Giles, specialist screening practitioner, explains what happens during a colonoscopy.

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• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with cancer >> Interview 35 >> Her nurse stayed with her throughout the procedure. She liked seeing the inside of her bowel on the TV screen.

Screened in 2003, with a normal result. In 2005 another Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal. She had a colonoscopy, during which a small polyp was removed. This was followed by surgery to remove a larger cancerous polyp.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Colonoscopy, all normal >> Interview 29 >> He found it interesting to watch the colonoscopy on the TV screen. He felt nothing as the colonoscope moved around his bowel.

Invited to be screened for bowel cancer in 2006, when aged 61. His Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal, so he had a colonoscopy. Nothing abnormal was found during the procedure.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with polyps >> Interview 30 >> He had six polyps removed from the bowel. One was potentially malignant. He was fascinated to see the inside of the bowel.

Screened for bowel cancer in 2006. The result was abnormal, so he had a colonoscopy. Six polyps were removed. They were all benign except one, which was "potentially malignant". He will have another colonoscopy in 2007.