Bowel movement
July 6, 2010
AUSTRALIA could drop its bowel
cancer mortality rate by 1000
people per annum, if the Federal
Government implemented a fully
funded bowel screening program,
according to experts at the
University of Sydney.
The claims come on the back of
the latest Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare figures which
showed that of the 13,000 new
cases of bowel cancer are
diagnosed every year, whilst 4000
deaths per annum are attributed to
its effects.
“Our study published in the MJA
today showed a lack of adequate
funding for the National Bowel
Cancer Screening Program has led
to it being partially implemented on
the basis of what the Australian
Government has decided it can
afford, rather than being based on
proven research evidence of how a
program should be implemented in
order for it to be effective,” said
lead author and research fellow
from the University of Sydney’s
Screening and Test Evaluation
Program, Kathy Flitcroft.
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