Tag: Bowel and Rectal Cancer
Vic to test thousands more for cancer
An extra 20,000 Victorian women will be offered screening for breast cancer, as part of the State Government's new cancer action plan.[MORE]
Exercise important for bowel cancer recovery: Cancer Council
The Queensland branch of the Cancer Council says people that exercise have a better chance of recovery after being diagnosed with bowel cancer. [MORE]
Gut, cervical cancer research
Research is underway at Tasmania's Launceston General Hospital into whether the vaccine used to prevent cervical cancer could also prevent cancer in the lower gut.[MORE]
Govt to roll out bowel cancer test kits
Someone dies from bowel cancer every two hours in Australia.[MORE]
Doctor urges bowel cancer screening
A Cairns gastroenterologist says men need to overcome their embarrassment and screen themselves for bowel cancer.[MORE]
Council pushes importance of bowel cancer screening
The Queensland Cancer Council says increased awareness about prostate and breast cancer should not stop people checking for other types of cancer. [MORE]
Cancer Council urges over 50s to have bowel screenings
The Cancer Council in South Australia says people over the age of 50 should be getting screened for bowel cancer twice a year.[MORE]
Gene discovery brings hope to bowel cancer patients
Australian scientists have identified a genetic marker for bowel cancer.[MORE]
Cancer Council backs bowel cancer screening move
The Cancer Council of Australia has welcomed a commitment by the Federal Government to extend screening for bowel cancer.[MORE]
Govt widens bowel cancer screening program
The Federal Government will extend a free bowel cancer screening program to include all 50-year-olds.[MORE]
Bowel cancer scans prompt concerns about service provision
The Tasmanian Opposition is alarmed at the rate of follow-up testing for bowel cancer in the state.[MORE]
Bowel cancer survivor urges others to take test
A Tasmanian cancer survivor is urging people to buy a $6 bowel scan test, which he says saved his life.[MORE]
Search on for Bourke bowel cancer screening service surgeon
The Greater Western Area Health Service is about to advertise for a surgeon to provide bowel cancer screening services in Bourke.[MORE]
Aust bowel cancer rates rising: report
The latest figures on chronic disease in Australia show bowel cancer rates are increasing, and it is now the second most common cancer.[MORE]
Cancer surgery for Pt Augusta mayor
Port Augusta mayor Joy Baluch has had bowel cancer surgery.[MORE]
Gaining weight, eating bacon 'raises cancer risk'
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A new study on the link between cancer and diet has found a strong and clear linkage between obesity and cancer risk.[MORE]
Study reveals holes in bowel cancer screening
A new study has found many doctors are not sending patients at risk of bowel cancer for appropriate screening.[MORE]
Mid-west joins bowel cancer screening scheme
The Cancer Council of Western Australia is urging eligible residents to take part in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program under way in the mid-west.[MORE]
Alcohol consumption linked to bowel cancer
A major study has found new evidence which links alcohol consumption with bowel cancer. [MORE]
Council hails bowel cancer gene discovery
Australia's cancer council says the discovery by British scientists of a gene for bowel cancer will have important implications for diagnosis and research. [MORE]
Cancer growing faster than population
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says the number of cancers being diagnosed each year is growing faster than the overall population.[MORE]
Brisbane opens new vaccine centre
A new medical research centre has been opened in Brisbane designed to create vaccines for cancer and infectious diseases.[MORE]
Fast-track surgery for bowel cancer patients
Health professionals in Coffs Harbour say they have virtually halved the time bowel cancer patients spend in hospital following surgery. [MORE]
Queenslanders get free bowel cancer tests
Queensland has become the first state to offer free bowel cancer tests, under a national screening program.[MORE]
Gene research may help in bowel cancer fight
Researchers from the Hunter Medical Research Institute in New South Wales have identified a gene that may make some people predisposed to developing bowel cancer.[MORE]
