Bowel Cancer Screening
Health experts meet to hammer out colonoscopy solution
Nurses say they're willing to be trained to carry out some of the colonoscopy procedures needed to screen people for bowel cancer. Audio
Water colonoscopies new painfree alternative for some
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
Bowel cancer found in more than 33 in first year of pilot
The country's first screening programme for bowel cancer has detected the cancer in more than 33 people in its first year. Audio
Blood test capable of diagnosing bowel cancer
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
Insight for 30 September 2012 - Bowel Cancer
Karen Brown Insight follows a pilot programme to screen for bowel cancer - NZ's second biggest cause of cancer death. Audio
Auckland pilot provides screening for bowel cancer
Residents in Waitemata, Auckland, are the first in New Zealand to be offered free screening for bowel cancer under a pilot programme. Audio
GP found to have breached patient rights
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
People were wrongly taken off a screening programme
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
Trial programme to test for bowel cancer launched today
A trial programme to test for the country's second biggest cancer killer is being launched today. Audio
Bowel screening
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
A controversial bowel cancer test is launched
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
UK tells consumers to cut down on red meat
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
Cancer society welcomes bowel screening programme
A 24 million dollar pilot programme to screen for bowel cancer has been welcomed by the Cancer Society. Audio
Full nationwide bowel cancer screening a step closer
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
Bowel cancer tests 'problems won't be fixed overnight'
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
Bowel Cancer Screen Programme Over Due
The Govt has announced it will set up a taskforce to fast track plans for a population-screening programme for the disease. Audio
Bowel Cancer Screening
Cancer expert Dr Peter Dady talks with Kathyrn Ryan about bowel cancer screening. Audio
Colorectal Screening
The Government has just announced its to fast track the creation of a national bowel cancer screening programme. Audio
