爱尔兰将免费肠癌筛查扩大到58至70岁, Ireland expands free bowel cancer screening to ages 58–70, adding 60,000 people to the program.

爱尔兰扩大了其免费的BowelScreen方案,将58至70岁的人包括在内,使超过60 000人有资格接受肠癌筛查。 Ireland has expanded its free BowelScreen programme to include people aged 58 to 70, making over 60,000 more eligible for bowel cancer screening. 这项检测检查便样本是否含血,有助于检测癌症或癌前多的早期迹象,大多数结果正常,对阳性病例建议进行后续结肠镜检查. The test, which checks stool samples for blood, helps detect early signs of cancer or precancerous polyps, with most results normal and follow-up colonoscopies recommended for positive cases. 该方案是全国减少癌症死亡率努力的一部分,最终将覆盖55至74岁。 The programme, part of a national effort to reduce cancer deaths, will eventually cover ages 55 to 74. 一个新的在线门户使与会者能够索取工具包、检查登记和更新联系方式。 A new online portal allows participants to request kits, check registration, and update contact details. 爱尔兰每年诊断出大约2 500个肠癌病例,成为男性第二大常见癌症,女性第三大常见癌症。 Around 2,500 bowel cancer cases are diagnosed annually in Ireland, making it the second most common cancer in men and third in women.