National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013

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Release Date: 23 Jun 2014

Topic: Cancer screening

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013. Cat. no. CAN 81. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013. AIHW, 2014.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2012-2013. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.

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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 activtly 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:

23,500 participants (7.5%) who returned a valid screening test had a positive screening result
Men had higher rates of screen-detected bowel cancers, and overall bowel cancer incidence and mortality
1 participant in every 17 who underwent a colonoscopy was diagnosed with an advanced adenoma
As in previous years, women were more likely to screen than men

Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Summary
  - How many 2012-13 invitees participated in the NBCSP?
  - How many positive screening results were there?
  - How many bowel cancers and adenomas were detected?
  - Were there differences between subgroups participating in the NBCSP?
- 2012-13 NBCSP data at a glance
Body section
- Section 1 Introduction
  - Structure of this report
  - Overview of bowel cancer and bowel screening
  - Terminology and concepts used in this report
  - Data considerations
- Section 2 Performance measures
  - Structure of this section
  - 1 Participation
  - 2 Faecal occult blood test outcomes
  - 3 Follow-up of positive FOBT results
  - 4 Bowel abnormality detection
  - 5 Adverse events
  - 6 Incidence of bowel cancer
  - 7 Mortality from bowel cancer
End matter
- Appendixes
  - Appendix A Additional data
  - Appendix B National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) information
  - Appendix C Data sources and classifications
  - Appendix D Statistical methods
- Glossary
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- Related publications

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