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small bowel cancer
A rare cancer that occurs in the small bowel. Also called small intestine cancer….
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A rare cancer that occurs in the small bowel. Also called small intestine cancer….
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…
A benign condition that causes inflammation of the bowel.
When the bowel is blocked and waste matter cannot pass through easily.
Cancer of the large bowel; also known as colorectal cancer, colon cancer or rectal cancer.
…encourage hasty use of the bowel test kit on its arrival. Contact: Laura Anderson Reference: Anderson et al. (2024) Decisions and Prompts to Screen for Cervical, Bowel and Breast Cancer. Patient Education and Counselling. 2024 Jan 26;108174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2024.108174 Read more…
The middle part of the gastrointestinal tract, which takes food from the stomach and absorbs nutrients. It has three sections: the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum. Also known as the small intestine….
…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….
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…
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…
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