Lower GI Cancer - "Are you passing more or less than a teaspoonful?"

In this episode, our GP hosts cover lower gastrointestinal cancer and share their clinical experiences to support better, faster, and more confident cancer diagnosis in primary care.

Hosts Dr Rebecca Leon and Dr Sarah Taylor are both practicing GPs and GP Leads for GatewayC. Dr Ellen Macpherson, a junior doctor, also joins our hosts.

This episode covers:

• Statistics
• Patient cases
• Safety netting
• FIT and differences between screening and symptomatic tests
• Bowel cancer in younger patients
• Family history
• NICE guidelines
• Referral

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GPs Talk Cancer is the podcast series from GatewayC. GatewayC is the free early cancer diagnosis resource funded by the NHS and is part of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Visit https://www.gatewayc.org.uk/ to learn more.

View the full show notes for this episode at https://www.gatewayc.org.uk/podcast/

DISCLAIMER: We know this podcast might be of interest to anybody, however it is aimed at primary care health professionals. All patient cases are based on real stories from our clinical practice as GPs. They are fully anonymised with no identifiable patient data.

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