2<\/p>\n Dr Zoe Williams helps Sun readers with their health concerns 2<\/p>\n If you\u2019re aged 50 to 74 and registered with a GP you will automatically get a bowel cancer screening home test (FIT test kit) through the post every two yearCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n Q: I\u2019M a man aged 81 and I\u2019m no longer sent poo tests. Do you think I should request one, and should I request a prostate test too?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: Thank you for writing in, I think this is something that many readers will relate to.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re aged 50 to 74 and registered with a GP<\/a> you will automatically get a bowel cancer<\/a> screening home test (FIT test kit) through the post every two years.<\/p>\n The age limit was recently lowered to 50, after The Sun\u2019s No Time 2 Lose<\/a> campaign called on the Government to extend testing to save lives.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re aged 75 or over, you can ask for a home test kit every two years by calling the bowel cancer screening helpline on 0800 707 6060.<\/p>\n Similarly, women who are 71 or over can still choose to have breast<\/a> screening every three years, but they will not be automatically invited, so will need to proactively request a screening appointment.<\/p>\n As far as your prostate<\/a> is concerned there isn\u2019t an NHS<\/a> screening programme for prostate cancer as of yet.<\/p>\n But men can request a PSA blood test from the age of 50 years.<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to research the pros and cons of doing so first so that you can make an informed decision.<\/p>\n Prostate Cancer UK has some helpful resources on its website, including a risk checker.<\/p>\n How to check your prostate cancer risk<\/p>\n Some men are at higher risk and are more likely to benefit from having PSA tests.<\/p>\n These include black men over the age of 45, men with a family history of prostate cancer who are over the age of 45 and men with confirmed genetic risk factors for the disease, for example the BRCA2 gene variation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OUR resident specialist and NHS GP, Dr Zoe Williams, shares her expert advice. Today,\u00a0Dr Zoe\u00a0helps a reader who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[207,10889,3060,105,426,302,209,211,3061,8427,12946,118,1890,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-244364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-cancer-disease","9":"tag-dr-zoe-williams","10":"tag-gp","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-health-warnings","13":"tag-heart-disease","14":"tag-longtail","15":"tag-nhs","16":"tag-nhs-crisis","17":"tag-prostate-cancer","18":"tag-section-healthhealth-news","19":"tag-the-sun-newspaper","20":"tag-the-sun-on-sunday","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114810052673863604","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Portrait](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image_dc0f48.png\")
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