Bowel cancer screening
March 5, 2012
LESS than 40% of eligible
Australians took part in the latest
phase of the National Bowel Cancer
Screening Program, according to a
new report by the AIHW.
The report presents statistics on
the National Bowel Cancer
Screening Program for Australians
invited to take part between July
2008 and June 2011, and found
that of the 2.1 million people
invited in Phase 2 of the NBCSP,
around 800,000 people returned a
completed screening kit for
analysis.
Interestingly, although this phase
was the first to invite participation
from people turning 50, this group
recorded the lowest level of
participation.
Of the 800,000 participants who
returned a valid screening test,
around 60,000, or 1 in 13, were
found to require further
assessment, according to the
report, with 71% of these
participants going on to have a
colonoscopy.
For details, see www.aihw.gov.au.
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