National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2016
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Topic: Cancer screening
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2016, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 10 December 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2016. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2016. AIHW, 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2016. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2016, AIHW, Canberra.
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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:
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Of the 2.2 million people invited between January 2013 and December 2014, 37% participated in the program
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In 2014, about 35,000 Australians returned a positive screening test, giving a 7% screening positivity rate
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Of the people who received a positive screening test, 73% had reported a follow-up diagnostic assessment
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For participants who had a diagnostic assessment in 2014, 1 in 32 were diagnosed with a confirmed or suspected cancer