National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013
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Topic: Cancer screening
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 04 October 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013. AIHW, 2014.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents statistics on the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program for Australians invited to take part from July 2012 to June 2013. The goal of the NBCSP is to reduce the morbidity and morality from bowel cancer by actively recruiting and screening the target population for early detection or prevention of the disease.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-585-9
- Cat. no: CAN 81
- Pages: 142
Findings from this report:
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33.5% of the 964,000 people invited from July 2012 to June 2013 returned a completed bowel cancer screening kit
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23,500 participants (7.5%) who returned a valid screening test had a positive screening result
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One participant in every 32 who underwent a colonoscopy was diagnosed with a confirmed or suspected cancer
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70% of those with a positive screening result were recorded as having a colonoscopy