About colon cancer Screening options If you wish to go privately What screening is available if you want to go privately? If you wish to arrange screening privately, the following are some options. 1. High-quality CT Colonography is a less invasive alternative to Colonoscopy with the same accuracy, a milder laxative and the ability to look at the other organs in the abdomen and pelvis outside the colon, including the appendix. Dr David Burling - please contact Magda Michalak or Slava via [email protected] (0207 079 2107) Dr Andrew Plumb - please contact Magda Michalak or Slava: [email protected] (0207 079 2107) You can find out more at: https://www.londonradiology.co.uk/about-us 2. Colonoscopy - where a thin tube with a camera inside is passed into your bottom to look for signs of bowel cancer. Further details about private colonoscopy can be found at: https://www.thelondonclinic.co.uk/treatments/colonoscopy Dr Siwan Thomas-Gibson http://www.thelondonclinic.co.uk/consultants/dr-siwan-thomas-gibson 3. FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test) home stool testing services: Purchase an enhanced FIT testing service from www.boweltesting.com. You will complete an online survey after which a test kit will be sent to you in the post. Once you have collected the sample you will send it by post to its laboratory. Within a week you will be notified of the results and, if positive, a St. Mark’s consultant will advise you on what to do next. If your test is positive, you will be referred for a further bowel test - either a CTC or colonoscopy Alternatively a QFIT test is available from The Doctors Laboratory www.tdlpathology.com Manage Cookie Preferences