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| Calls for bowel cancer screening | Calls for bowel cancer screening |
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| A leading cancer charity is calling for Northern Ireland to get its own bowel cancer screening programme. | A leading cancer charity is calling for Northern Ireland to get its own bowel cancer screening programme. |
| Northern Ireland has the second highest rate of death from bowel cancer in the UK and the highest incidence rate among men in Europe. | Northern Ireland has the second highest rate of death from bowel cancer in the UK and the highest incidence rate among men in Europe. |
| Action Cancer highlighted the issue as a campaign to raise awareness of the illness gets under way this week. | Action Cancer highlighted the issue as a campaign to raise awareness of the illness gets under way this week. |
| Survival rates from bowel cancer increase the earlier it is diagnosed in sufferers. | Survival rates from bowel cancer increase the earlier it is diagnosed in sufferers. |
| Poor diets, obesity and smoking are blamed for the high death rate from bowel cancer in Northern Ireland. | Poor diets, obesity and smoking are blamed for the high death rate from bowel cancer in Northern Ireland. |