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You are here: Home Reports & data Cancer screening Analysis of bowel cancer outcomes for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program
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Analysis of bowel cancer outcomes for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

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Release Date: 04 Dec 2014
Topic: Cancer screening
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Analysis of bowel cancer outcomes for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 27 June 2022.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Analysis of bowel cancer outcomes for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. Canberra: AIHW.

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This report presents a comparison of the mortality outcomes and cancer characteristics for two populations: those invited to screen in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) in 2006–2008, and those of a similar age who had not been invited to screen in that time period. Of the 2006–2008 bowel cancer diagnoses in these two groups, non-invitees were found to have a 15% higher risk of dying from bowel cancer than NBCSP invitees, and bowel cancers diagnosed in non-invitees were more likely to be at a more-advanced stage. These outcomes demonstrate that the NBCSP is contributing to reducing morbidity and mortality from bowel cancer in Australia.

  • ISBN: 978-1-74249-667-2
  • Cat. no: CAN 87
  • Pages: 68
Findings from this report:
  • Of those diagnosed with bowel cancer within 2 years of their screen, 83% had received a positive screening result

  • Among invitees, those with screen-detected bowel cancers were more likely to be diagnosed at an earlier stage

  • Of those not diagnosed with bowel cancer in the 2 years following their screen, 93% had a negative screening result

  • In invitees diagnosed with bowel cancer, the risk of bowel cancer death was over 2 times as high in non-participants

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