by Joseph Milton
A polyp: a pre-cancerous growth in the bowel
A one-off five-minute procedure reduces deaths from bowel cancer by 43 per cent and decreases the incidence of the disease by a third.
If introduced nationally, it would save at least 3,000 lives every year, and save the National Health Service £28 for every person screened by removing the need for treatment, according to a study published in the Lancet.
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doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60551-X