The first of 2.55 million people can get heavily-subsidised screening for colon cancer from next week, with health authorities announcing a five-year plan on Monday to combat the city’s most common cancer.
From next Monday, those aged 61 to 75 – or born in the years 1942 to 1957 – will pay no more than HK$100 for a faecal test to detect blood in the stool and no more than HK$1,000 (US$127) for a colonoscopy at participating clinics.
The Health Department said the faecal test...
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