Close to 300 colorectal cancer cases were identified in a government pilot screening programme, the Hong Kong Department of Health said on Monday, adding that the scheme would be extended to other age groups next week.
The final phase of the three-year pilot programme, which was launched in September last year, will begin next Monday and also cover Hongkongers born between 1952 and 1955, making an extra 380,000 people eligible.
Under the scheme, participants are subsidised to meet an...
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