National Bowel Cancer Screening Program monitoring report 2024

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Release Date: 13 Jun 2024

Topic: Cancer screening

AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2024) National Bowel Cancer Screening Program monitoring report 2024, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 12 July 2026.

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This report presents statistics on the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) using key performance indicators. Of those who were invited to participate in the NBCSP between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022, 40% undertook screening. Among those who screened in 2022, 6% had a positive result warranting further assessment. Of the participants who underwent a follow-up diagnostic assessment, 1 in 25 was diagnosed with a confirmed or suspected cancer.

ISBN: 978-1-923085-88-6
Cat. no: CAN 160
Pages: 123

Findings from this report:

40% of the 6.0 million people invited to screen between January 2021 and December 2022 participated in the NBCSP
72% of people who have previously participated in the NBCSP re-participated when invited again in 2021–2022
1 in 25 people assessed after a positive NBCSP screen were diagnosed with a confirmed or suspected cancer in 2022
11.4 million screening tests have been completed since the NBCSP began in August 2006

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