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Interview 36

Screened for bowel cancer in 2006, when aged 70. The result of the Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal, so she had a colonoscopy, during which some benign polyps were removed.

  • Background

    A white English woman, a retired home help, now a volunteer, widow, with 4 children.

  • Age at interview 70
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 37

    He was invited to be screened for bowel cancer in 2006, when aged 65. After an abnormal Faecal Occult Blood test he had a colonoscopy, during which two benign polyps were removed.

  • Background

    A white English man, a secretary/driver, married, with 3 children.

  • Age at interview 65
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Interview 40

    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.

  • Background

    A white English woman, a retired auxiliary nurse, married, with 3 children.

  • Age at interview 71
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 42

    In 2006 her Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) test was abnormal, so she had a colonoscopy. Three small polyps were removed. She had a right hemi-colectomy to remove a larger polyp, which was not malignant.

  • Background

    A white British woman, a housewife, married, with 2 children.

  • Age at interview 60
  • Sex/Gender Female