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This. My father had a faecal test which showed he possibly had cancer - the colonoscopy confirmed this.

Sadly my oldest brother didn't catch his so quickly and the colonoscopy he had showed he was pretty far along, and ultimately the cancer spread and killed him.

I now have one every 5 years until I hit 50 then I'll move to every 2 years. The test is pretty pain and issue free, the only 'bad' part if the laxatives first, but after seeing my brother die, it is well worth the couple of hours of discomfort.

My older brothers had continued with faecal testing, but after some pushing moved to colonoscopies too, as we'd rather catch it early, than once it has taken hold.