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You are here: Home Reports & data Cancer screening National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2017
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National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2017

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Release Date: 25 May 2017
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2017. Cat. no. CAN 103. Canberra: AIHW.

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This report presents statistics on the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) using key performance indicators. Of those who were invited to participate in the NBCSP between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2015, 39% undertook screening. For those screened in 2015, 8% had a positive result warranting further assessment. One in 29 participants who underwent a follow-up diagnostic assessment was diagnosed with a confirmed or suspected cancer.

  • ISSN: 2205-4855 (PDF) 1039-3307 (Print)
  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-131-6
  • Cat. no: CAN 103
  • Pages: 100
Findings from this report:
  • 76% of people who had participated in an earlier invitation round and received a subsequent invitation re-participated

  • For participants who had a diagnostic assessment in 2015, 1 in 29 were diagnosed with a confirmed or suspected cancer

  • Of the 2.6 million people invited between January 2014 and December 2015, 39% participated in the program

  • Of the people who received a positive screening test, 70% had reported a follow-up diagnostic assessment

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National Bowel Cancer Screening Program screening data 2014–16

Last updated 23/08/2017 v3.0

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