Dame Deborah James’ husband urges millions of Brits to take up offer of life-saving NHS bowel cancer tests

DAME Deborah James’s husband today urges millions of Brits to take up the offer of life-saving NHS bowel cancer tests.

Sebastien Bowen told The Sun: “I know Deborah would be telling anyone that would listen: ‘Check your poo’.”

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He told The Sun: ‘I know Deborah would be telling anyone that would listen: ‘Check your poo’’[/caption]

The screening age starts at 50 and the NHS sends out half a million faecal immunochemical test (FIT) kits by post every month.

But a third of those eligible never send them to a lab.

Sun writer Dame Debs died of bowel cancer aged 40, last June, after raising £7.5million for her BowelBabe fund.

Seb, dad to their two kids said they miss Deborah’s “incredible energy and passion to live life to the full”.

He added: “Deborah knew early diagnosis saves lives and that giving more people access to tests would do that.

“The sooner you are diagnosed the more likely it is that treatment will be successful.

“So if you get sent a test, don’t put it off, it could be the difference between life and death.”