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You are here: Home Reports & data Cancer screening National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2016 Report editions
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National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2016

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Release Date: 20 Jul 2016
Topic: Cancer screening

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2016, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 23 September 2023.

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This report presents statistics on the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP). This monitoring report is the first to measure the NBCSP using NBCSP key performance indicators. The goal of the NBCSP is to reduce the morbidity and mortality from bowel cancer by actively recruiting and screening the target population for early detection or prevention of the disease.

  • ISBN: 978-1-74249-955-0
  • Cat. no: CAN 97
  • Pages: 101
Findings from this report:
  • Of the 2.2 million people invited between January 2013 and December 2014, 37% participated in the program

  • In 2014, about 35,000 Australians returned a positive screening test, giving a 7% screening positivity rate

  • Of the people who received a positive screening test, 73% had reported a follow-up diagnostic assessment

  • For participants who had a diagnostic assessment in 2014, 1 in 32 were diagnosed with a confirmed or suspected cancer

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National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2016

20 Jul 2016

Previous releases

  • National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2013–14

    Publication | 22 Jun 2015

  • National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013

    Publication | 23 Jun 2014

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    Publication | 09 Jul 2013

  • National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: annual monitoring report 2009

    Publication | 28 Oct 2009

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    Publication | 19 Dec 2008

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    Publication | 23 Apr 2008

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