Risk Factors and Diagnosis of Bowel Cancer

Bowel cancer is often curable if it is diagnosed early. Up to 75 per cent of bowel cancer cases could be prevented with diet and exercise. A protective diet is made up of high vegetable intake and low fat, low kilojoule, high fibre foods. Other protective factors include regular exercise and limited alcohol consumption.

Follow the links below to information about the risk factors and prevention of bowel cancer.

Reviewed January 2008

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Title:   National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: about the program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page provides up to date information on bowel cancer and where to get extra information.
Date:   Nov 2009

Title:   Cancerscreening.gov.au
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Cancer Screening page provides information on the national screening programs for bowel cancer, breast cancer and cervical cancer: Bowel Cancer Screening Program, BreastScreen Australia, and the National Cervical Screening Program.
Date:   Oct 2009

Title:   National Bowel Cancer Screening Program : annual monitoring report 2009
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The report presents national statistics on key program activity, performance and outcome indicators for people invited to screen in 2008. Trend and national bowel cancer incidence and mortality data are also included to provide context.
Date:   Aug 2009

Title:   Bowel Cancer Test Kits
Publisher:  
Description:   The Department of Health and Ageing will start contacting participants in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program from this week to invite them to retake the bowel cancer test after quality issues were identified.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Bowel cancer - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   In Australia, about one person in 12 will develop bowel cancer before the age of 85. Find out about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of bowel cancer.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Media release. Self-test bowel cancer kits - important notice for users
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Department of Health and Ageing will start contacting participants in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program from this week to invite people to re-take the test, after quality issues were identified during an investigation of the test kits.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Bowel cancer screening
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Australia
Description:   Provides information about bowel cancer screening and links to further information.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Bowel cancer - the facts
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Bowel cancer is a major public health problem in Australia. Around 80 Australians die each week from the disease. It is the most commonly occurring internal cancer and the second most common cause of cancer related death, after lung cancer.
Date:   Jan 2009

Title:   National Bowel Cancer Screening Program monitoring report 2008
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program aims to reduce mortality and morbidity from bowel cancer by maximising early detection. Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in Australia.
Date:   Dec 2008

Title:   Open versus laparoscopic (assisted) ileo pouch anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Resection of the entire colon and creation of an ileal pouch by means of an ileo pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) is a last resort for many patients with ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis. In recent years this operation has increasingly...
Date:   Nov 2008

Title:   Staging of colorectal cancer
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   Staging algorithm for patients with colorectal cancer on histology, to determine the subsequent course of treatment.
Date:   Sep 2008

Title:   Colon cancer prevention - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about steps you can take to help avoid bowel cancer, or at least catch it early on when cure is still possible.
Date:   Aug 2008

Title:   Colonoscopy
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A colonoscopy is a procedure to examine the bowel. People who receive a positive FOBT result will generally be referred for a colonoscopy.
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   Screening with a faecal occult blood test (FOBT)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A FOBT is a simple, non-invasive test that can be completed in your own home. The test detects tiny amounts of blood, often released from bowel cancers or their precursors (polyps or adenomas) into the bowel motion.
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   Biomarkers of colorectal cancer
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information by professional health specialists on biomarkers of colorectal cancer.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   National Bowel Cancer Screening Program monitoring report 2007
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program aims to reduce mortality and morbidity from bowel cancer by maximising early detection. Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in Australia. The report presents the most recent information on participation in bowel screening, cancer detection, program sensitivity and rescreening rates.
Date:   Apr 2008

Title:   Bowel cancer
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Bowel cancer is a serious disease but, if diagnosed early, it is often curable. Bowel cancer is also called colorectal cancer. Blood or mucus in the faeces (poo) may be a symptom of bowel cancer. Other symptoms may include diarrhoea or constipation, bloating or cramps and constant fatigue.
Date:   Mar 2008

Title:   Long-term results of laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Laparoscopic resection of carcinoma of the colon is associated with a long term outcome no different from that of open colectomy. In the case of rectal cancer, data on long term outcome are scarce and the results of large randomised trails have to be aw...
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   About the Bowel Cancer Screening Pilot
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A brief description of the results of the evaluation of the Bowel Cancer Screening Pilot Program.
Date:   Dec 2007

Title:   Bowel cancer
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   Bowel cancer is one of the most common cancers in Victoria and a national screening program uses faecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) to screen for the disease.
Date:   Nov 2007
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