…every year, and about 2900 will be diagnosed with bowel cancer. Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in Queensland, with more than 1000 people dying from the disease every year. More information about Cancer Council…

…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…

A benign bowel disease that may increase the risk of bowel cancer….

The pouch at the beginning of the large bowel that receives waste from the small bowel.

The lowest section of the small bowel; transfers waste to the large bowel.

The last 15–20 cm of the large bowel, which stores faeces until a bowel movement occurs….

…J, Aitken JF, Cramb S, Dunn J, Frydenberg M, Rashid P, Mengersen K, Chambers SK, Baade PD, Smith DP (2023) Disease mapping: Geographic differences in population rates of interventional treatment for prostate cancer in Australia. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0293954. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293954…

An illness or disease that is long lasting and may change the way a person lives their life.

…there has been no information about how these vary according to spread of disease at diagnosis using data from New South Wales cancer registry. What is new? Use of a population-based cohort of more than 716,000 persons, aged 15-89 years,…

What is known? Disease maps are an important tool to document how the burden of disease varies by small geographical area. The calculation of statistics reported in these maps often requires access to confidential data that cannot be shared publicly…