A 62-year-old woman presents to the GP after being recalled from the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme with a positive faecal immunochemical test (...

Question

A 62-year-old woman presents to the GP after being recalled from the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme with a positive faecal immunochemical test (FIT). She asks what the next step will be. Which investigation will she be offered?

Accepted Answer

Colonoscopy

Answer

Repeat FIT in 3 months

Answer

CT colonography

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Flexible sigmoidoscopy

Answer

Barium enema

uk-drcog MCQ (SBA): Bowel Cancer Screening Follow-up

A 62-year-old woman presents to the GP after being recalled from the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme with a positive faecal immunochemical test (FIT). She asks what the next step will be. Which investigation will she be offered?