{"id":809484,"date":"2026-10-21T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/809484\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:30:09","slug":"lancashire-bowel-cancer-survivor-says-simple-test-saved-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/809484\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancashire bowel cancer survivor says simple test saved his life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;When I received my bowel cancer screening test through the post, I completed it straight away and I&#8217;m so glad I did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Taras Daneliuk, 65, from Penwortham, said that decision ultimately saved his life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The screening test detected a tumour before he had noticed any symptoms and subsequent investigations revealed cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Within two months, Daneliuk underwent surgery at Royal Preston Hospital and, three years later, is cancer free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It only takes a few minutes to do, but it could make all the difference,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I think some people are frightened by the word &#8216;cancer&#8217;, but the earlier it is found, the more treatment options there are and the better the chances of a positive outcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;When I received my bowel cancer screening test through the post, I completed it straight away and I&#8217;m&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-809484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}