Bowel cancer screening for people with learning disabilities: establishing principles for good practice.

Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in England, and with one in 20 people developing the condition, it is the second highest cause of cancer deaths. If diagnosed early, treatment can be more effective and bowel cancer screening programmes can reduce these mortality figures, yet for people...

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Published in:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 19; no. 8; pp. 33 - 40
Main Authors: Read, Susan, Estacio, Emee, Corcoran, Patsy, Latham, Deanna
Format: review Journal Article
Published: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) Oct2016
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