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Assembly member Steffan Lewis, who was diagnosed with cancer last November, said the tests could help people to survive
People are unaware of a life-threatening cancer with only half of the eligible people being tested, according to new figures.
Bowel cancer is the fourth most common type in the UK and the second-largest killer in Wales – with 2200 diagnosed each year and 900 dying.
Everyone is between 60 and 74 years old. post every two years looking for signs.
Although it is treatable, 50% of people in some areas ignore it.
Steffan Lewis's father, who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in November, said that people can have a "very big" chance of I've been 32 years old and I know how much it's important (the test) because this type of cancer is fully curable if it is detected early, "said Mr. Lewis, member of the Central Assembly of South East Wales.
"If I am taken at step 1 or 2, there is a simple operation: unfortunately, my symptoms did not manifest until the 4th stage."
In all, about 280,000 people must undergo an annual exam by Bowel Screening Wales, which is part of the NHS.
But the latest figures from Public Health in Wales show that numbers that pass the test in many areas are falling.
Only in three local government areas – Torfaen (53% to 53.8%), Wrexham (49.7% to 50.7%) and Conwy (54.3% to 54.4%) – the numbers have gone up.
Between 2015/16 and 2016/17, there were decreases in numbers in areas such as Gwynedd (57% to 53.9%) and Flintshire (54.9% to 53.5%).
The lowest rated regions were Merthyr Tydfil (49.6%) and Cardiff (49.9%).
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Lowri Griffiths, Welsh chief of Bowel Cancer UK, urged people [19659005"It'sverysimplescreeningtheintestinessaveslives"shesaid
"I encourage everyone who is over 60 to take the test and those who are younger to complete it.
"It could save your life or that of your loved ones."
The test, sent by mail, gives instructions step by step, including
AM Steffan Lewis said that politicians from the other side of the party He had argued since he had announced the news of his diagnosis.
Other symptoms include a persistent and unexplained change in the bowel, unexplained weight loss or pain or mass in the belly.
He is easily treatable and curable when he is diagnosed early, but the chances of survival diminish considerably. Public Health Wales has also appealed for more people to take them while Bowel Screening Wales plans to introduce a new test in 2019 and plans to extend it to all over 50 years.
million. Lewis, who thanked the doctors at the hospital gave him a "second chance", according to international statistics, which meant that it made sense to sift the 50 plus years "
" Hope that people will benefit.
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