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Improving participation in bowel cancer screening

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…

News: June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

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…

News: Queenslanders urged to take life-saving bowel test

…or anyone concerned about bowel cancer, should talk to their GP about bowel cancer screening. Queenslanders can call Cancer Council Helpline 13 11 20 for more information, or visit www.bowelcancer.org.au. More information about Cancer Council Queensland is available at www.cancerqld.org.au….

News: Queenslanders bowling out on bowel cancer test: We must do better

Queenslanders over the age of 50 are risking their lives rather than taking a simple bowel cancer screening test, with a report released today finding 643,000 Australians threw away a free National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kit in 2012-13. The…

News: Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

This Bowel Cancer Awareness Month we are renewing our call for all eligible Queenslanders to take a bowel cancer screening test. Only about one in three eligible Queenslanders completes the free National Bowel Cancer Screening test, even though bowel cancer…

News: Cancer Council campaign breaks the silence on bowel cancer

…over 50 who currently fall outside the target group, or anyone concerned about bowel cancer, should talk to their GP about bowel cancer screening. More information about the Cancer Council advertisement is available at https://www.bowelcancer.org.au. More information about Cancer Council…

News: Cancer Council campaign breaks the silence on bowel cancer

…over 50 who currently fall outside the target group, or anyone concerned about bowel cancer, should talk to their GP about bowel cancer screening. More information about the Cancer Council advertisement is available at www.bowelcancer.org.au. More information about Cancer Council…

News: Patient preferences, region linked to bowel cancer survival

…report to help raise awareness of bowel cancer this month. “The review found patients with bowel cancer in regional, rural and remote parts of Australia had a poorer survival rate and experienced less optimal clinical management than those living in…

News: Bowel Cancer Awareness Month: What are the symptoms and how can you prevent it?

…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…