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National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2018
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Topic: Cancer screening
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2018, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 11 December 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2018. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2018. AIHW, 2018.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2018. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: monitoring report 2018, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents statistics on the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program using key performance indicators. Of those who were invited to participate in the program between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2016, 41% were screened. Of those, 8% had a positive result warranting further assessment, and 1 in 26 participants who had a follow-up diagnostic assessment was diagnosed with a confirmed or suspected cancer.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-333-4
- Cat. no: CAN 112
- Pages: 101
Findings from this report:
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Of the 3.2 million people invited between January 2015 and December 2016, 41% participated in the NBCSP
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Since the program began in August 2006, about 4.4 million NBCSP screening tests have been completed
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The median time from positive screening test result to diagnostic assessment was 54 days