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• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with cancer >> Interview 35 >> Before she went home the doctor told her that she had a suspicious looking polyp and that she would need to see a surgeon.

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 >> Diagnosed with polyps >> Interview 20 >> The doctor phoned him within a few days to say that the polyps were benign (not cancerous).

Invited for screening in 2001. The result of his Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal. He had a colonoscopy and polypectomy. Subsequent colonoscopies have all been normal.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with polyps >> Interview 28 >> The nurse rang her with the result of the colonoscopy. The polyps that had been removed were benign (not cancerous).

She asked if she could be screened for bowel cancer. The result of a Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal, so she had a colonoscopy, during which two benign polyps were removed.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with polyps >> Interview 26 >> The nurse explained everything and told him that the results were good. He will have another test in two years time.

Screened in 2006, when aged 66. The result of the Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was unclear. The next test was abnormal. A colonoscopy showed there were some benign polyps, which were removed.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with polyps >> Interview 40 >> He felt a great sense of relief when the nurse told him that he had only benign polyps and that the biopsy was 'clear'.

She was invited to be screened for bowel cancer. A Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test in 2003 was abnormal so she repeated the test. This was also abnormal. She had a colonoscopy, during which polyps were removed.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with cancer >> Interview 15 >> He went to the hospital to get his results a week after the colonoscopy. The doctor explained that he had cancer and would need surgery.

In 2001, aged 64, he was screened for bowel cancer. The result of the Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal. After a colonoscopy he was diagnosed with cancer and had surgery.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with cancer >> Interview 34 >> He was shocked when the nurse told him he had cancer. His wife phoned the nurse after she got home for information and reassurance.

Invited to be screened for bowel cancer in 2006, when aged 61. The result of the Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal, so he had a colonoscopy. One polyp was removed, which was found to be cancerous.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> FOBt with normal result >> Interview 03 >> The doctor told him that he had cancer and would need surgery as soon as possible.

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 >> Diagnosed with cancer >> Interview 01 >> The surgeon told him he had cancer and showed him pictures of the inside of his bowel. A nurse helped him and his wife come to terms with the situatio

Invited for screening in 2001 when aged 62. The first Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test suggested there might be a problem, so test repeated. He had a colonoscopy, was diagnosed with bowel cancer, had surgery and a temporary ileostomy.

• Cancer >> Bowel screening >> Diagnosed with cancer >> Interview 46 >> When she was telephoned to make an appointment with the surgeon she realised something was wrong, even though she had not had her results yet. She was

Invited to be screened for bowel cancer in 2006. The result of the Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal, so she had a colonoscopy, when five polyps were removed. One polyp was cancerous, so she had a left hemi-colectomy.