A new campaign to promote the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program has just been launched! The ‘A gift for living’ campaign promotes the Program’s expansion
Bowel cancer breakthrough
Australian researchers believe they have identified what causes the onset and development of bowel cancer, opening up new possibilities for treatment of the disease. Bowel
Risk of death is reduced through bowel cancer screening
People who screen through the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program are less likely to die from bowel cancer than other patients, according to new research.
Bowel cancer risks halve after screening
The incidence of bowel cancer is dramatically lower in the four years following screening, according to new research. The study involving 200,000 people in New
Screening to reduce bowel cancer
Up to 70,000 bowel cancer deaths could be prevented over the next four decades under the fully implemented National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, according to
Drug discovery in bowel cancer fight
A medical breakthrough in bowel cancer research has revealed 80 per cent of bowel cancers could be treated with existing drugs. Australian medical researchers have
Early onset bowel cancer on the rise
Bowel cancer rates have doubled in Australians in their 20s, and have risen 35 percent among people in their 30s, according to a new South
A simple bowel screening test might just save your life
Bowel cancer should be on your regular health check list from the age of 50, or even earlier in some cases, and screening is a
Budget cuts to impact bowel cancer research
The CSIRO’s plans to shut its bowel cancer research programs will further increase the divide between funding for research and the burden of bowel cancer
Bowel cancer survivor a finalist in Queensland’s highest journalism award
Well done to Fraser Coast Chronicle journalist, Stephanie Kay, whose powerful first hand account of lifesaving bowel cancer surgery has seen her nominated for this