{
  "id": 18253237,
  "title": "Simple text reminders could help close London's bowel cancer screening gap",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/simple-text-reminders-could-help-close-londons-bowel-cancer-screening",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-05T05:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-simple-text-london-bowel-cancer.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As low-cost and straightforward an intervention as automated text messaging could make a significant contribution to tackling London's below-average bowel cancer screening rates, according to a study led by the University of Surrey. The project compared two approaches to encourage people who didn't respond to their initial invitation to complete their cancer screening.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}