Question

A 64-year-old man presents with painless bright red rectal bleeding mixed with stool. He has no weight loss or change in bowel habit. Which of the following features would most strongly prompt urgent colonoscopic investigation for possible colorectal cancer?

Accepted Answer

Positive immunochemical faecal occult blood test (iFOBT) in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

Answer

Age under 40 years

Answer

History of haemorrhoids

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Bleeding only on the toilet paper

Answer

Bleeding occurring once after constipation

Practice question

A 64-year-old man presents with painless bright red rectal bleeding mixed with stool. He has no weight loss or change in bowel habit. Which of the following features would most strongly prompt urgent colonoscopic investigation for possible colorectal cancer?