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Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) for follow-up

his project is looking at the acceptability of an annual, single sample home-based stool ('FIT') kit for patients at intermediate risk of colorectal cancer, who are normally offered a surveillance colonoscopy every three years as part of a NIHR programme grant awarded to Professor Wendy Atkin at Imperial College.

This project is funded by the National Institute of Health Research, and has been active since 2011.

Local Principal investigator: Dr Christian von Wagner

Contact: Dr Christian von Wagner (c.wagner[at]ucl.ac.uk)

Collaborators: NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme