What is known? Bowel cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Australia. The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) provides screening kits to Australians aged 50-74, which can detect bowel cancer at early stages when treatment is…
What is known? The success of cancer screening programs, such as the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) in Australia, depends on public participation. However, currently less than half of the number of people invited to the program return their…
What is known? Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world. The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program sends out home bowel cancer screening test kit to people between 50 and 74 years old. However, participation…
What is known? Participation in Australia’s National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) can enable earlier detection and treatment of bowel cancer, resulting in better outcomes. However, bowel screening participation remains low. This study describes small-area and broad geographical patterns in…
Dear Editor, June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity for us to prevent bowel cancer and detect it early. About 3000 Queenslanders will be diagnosed with bowel cancer this year, and, tragically, 1000 will die from the disease. Only…
…11 20 for more information, or visit www.bowelcancer.org.au. More information about Cancer Council Queensland is available at www.cancerqld.org.au. For interviews, please contact: Katie Clift, Executive Manager, Media and Spokesperson, Cancer Council Queensland Ph: (07) 3634 5372 or 0409 001 171…
…cancer claims more lives between 25-44 year-olds than any other cancer. Tests quickly discovered she was one of the 3000 Queenslanders affected every year. A tumor in Nat’s bowel had spread to her liver, meaning she had stage 4 cancer….
Background One in 13 Australians will be diagnosed with bowel cancer in their lifetime. If it is diagnosed early, five-year relative survival rates following treatment are higher than 90%. Improving early detection and diagnosis of bowel cancer is key to…
…Month, an opportunity to raise awareness about bowel cancer, prevent the disease and detect it early. Bowel cancer, or colorectal cancer, refers to tumours that develop in the large bowel (colon or rectum). Generally, bowel cancers develop from polyps, which…
…More than 2900 Queenslanders are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year, and about 1000 die from the disease. Bowel cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in Queensland, but the second biggest cancer killer. More information about Cancer Council…