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Interview 18

Invited for screening in 2006, when aged 69. The Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal. This led to a colonoscopy, a biopsy, and then another colonoscopy and the removal of benign polyps.

  • Background

    A white English man, a retired lorry driver, married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 70
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Interview 20

    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.

  • Background

    A white English man, a Group chairman, married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 63
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Interview 22

    Invited for screening in 2006, aged 64. The result of the Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was unclear so he repeated the test, which was abnormal. He had a colonoscopy, and a non-malignant polyp was removed.

  • Background

    A white British man, who worked in financial services (retired), married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 65
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Interview 24

    Screened in 2001 and 2003. Results were normal. In 2005 he did another Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test. The result was unclear. Another test was abnormal, so he had a colonoscopy, during which two polyps were removed. These were not malignant.

  • Background

    A white English man, a bus driver, married, with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 59
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Interview 26

    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.

  • Background

    A black Jamaican, a part time engineer (fitter), married, with 5 children.

  • Age at interview 66
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Interview 28

    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.

  • Background

    A white British woman, a retired nursery nurse, widow, with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 70
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 30

    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.

  • Background

    A white British man, a retired archaeologist, married.

  • Age at interview 61
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Interview 31

    Invited to be screened for bowel cancer in 2006 when aged 68. The result of the Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal, so he had a colonoscopy, during which one benign polyp was removed.

  • Background

    A white British man, a retired clergyman, married with 5 children.

  • Age at interview 68
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Interview 32

    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.

  • Background

    A black Jamaican man, a retired factory worker, married, with 7 children.

  • Age at interview 65
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Interview 33

    He was invited to be screened for bowel cancer in 2006. The result of the Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal, so he had a colonoscopy, during which one benign polyp was removed.

  • Background

    A white British man, a part time care assistant, married with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 65
  • Sex/Gender Male