Bowel Cancer Screening

A common procedure used to detect bowel cancer and other problems is becoming easier and less painful for patients. Colonoscopy procedures are now being done in at least one New Zealand hospital using… Audio

The country's first screening programme for bowel cancer has detected the cancer in more than 33 people in its first year. Audio

Testing for bowel cancer may soon be easier thanks to Australian researchers who have developed a way to detect the disease through a blood test. Audio

Karen Brown Insight follows a pilot programme to screen for bowel cancer - NZ's second biggest cause of cancer death. Audio

Residents in Waitemata, Auckland, are the first in New Zealand to be offered free screening for bowel cancer under a pilot programme. Audio

A 62 year old woman was eventually diagnosed with bowel cancer after her GP repeatedly failed to physically examine her and then forgot to send a referral letter to a specialist. Audio

Twenty-eight people who were wrongly taken off an endoscopy screening programme for bowel cancer in 2005 may have missed out on critical treatment. Audio

A trial programme to test for the country's second biggest cancer killer is being launched today. Audio

With Stephen Halloran - Professor Stephen Halloran is the director of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Hub in the Postgraduate Medical School of the University of Surrey, it provides bowel… Audio

Beat Bowel Cancer Aotearoa, and pharmacists have launched a controversial kit to test for the disease in the privacy of your own home. It costs $60 at the chemist and comes with a couple of paint… Audio

Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper is reporting the government will this week recommend to all people in the UK to eat no more than 500 grams of red or processed meat a week in order to protect them… Audio

A 24 million dollar pilot programme to screen for bowel cancer has been welcomed by the Cancer Society. Audio

Full nationwide screening for bowel cancer moved a step closer today with the announcement that Auckland's Waitemata District Health Board has been selected to run a 24 million dollar pilot bowel… Audio

The Otago District Health Board is introducing hundreds more bowel cancer tests after a critical report which found some patients have endured long delays in being diagnosised. Audio

The Govt has announced it will set up a taskforce to fast track plans for a population-screening programme for the disease. Audio

Cancer expert Dr Peter Dady talks with Kathyrn Ryan about bowel cancer screening. Audio

The Government has just announced its to fast track the creation of a national bowel cancer screening programme. Audio