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(BBC 06/11/2009)

A bowel cancer screening programme, due to begin in December, has been delayed, because money to pay for it has gone towards paying for swine flu instead. The Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey, committed funds for the start of the programme back in 2008. The Ulster Cancer Foundation said it was disappointed at the decision. Each year in Northern Ireland around 400 people die from bowel cancer. It is the second most common cancer death in men and the third in women.

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