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National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2017
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2017, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 September 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2017. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2017. AIHW, 2017.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2017. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2017, AIHW, Canberra.
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Of the 2.6 million people invited between January 2014 and December 2015, 39% participated in the program
76% of people who had participated in an earlier invitation round and received a subsequent invitation re-participated
In 2015, about 41,000 Australians returned a positive screening test, giving an 8% screening positivity rate
Of the people who received a positive screening test, 70% had reported a follow-up diagnostic assessment
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2017