Bowel Cancer
Bowel cancer screening could save 100 lives a year
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world, but health officials are hopeful additional screening will help reduce deaths.
Bowel cancer diagnosis comes late for many Maori, Pacifika
As many as 40 percent of Maori and Pacific people with bowel cancer only find out they have the disease when they need emergency hospital care. Our Health Correspondent, Karen Brown, has been looking… Audio
Better access to GPs needed for Maori, Pacific, says surgeon
Surgeon Ian Bissett says Maori and Pacific people need better access to family doctors in the community. He thinks that could help prevent almost 40 percent of Maori and Pacific people only finding… Audio
Data shows bowel cancer diagnosis issues
As many as 40 percent of Māori and Pacific people with bowel cancer only discover they have the disease when they need emergency hospital care.
Delight and frustration greet long-awaited bowel cancer move
A long-awaited Government commitment in the Budget to begin national screening for bowel cancer has been greeted with approval and frustration. Audio
Hopes for bowel cancer screening in Budget
Hopes are high in the health sector for wider bowel cancer screening in tomorrow's Budget. Audio
Possible bowel screening move eagerly awaited in Budget
There are high hopes in the health sector that wider screening for bowel cancer will get the go-ahead in tomorrow's Budget. Audio
Expert calls for data quality push to back bowel screening
A medical specialist says more information about quality standards is needed before more screening for bowel cancer gets under way. Audio
NZ falling behind on cancer survival
A new study confirms a lower survival rate for cancer in New Zealand compared to Australia.
The End At The Beginning
Jared Noel, the young Auckland-based doctor and dad-to-be battling terminal bowel cancer who, when things took a sudden turn for the worse, went public with his quest to stay alive long enough to meet… Audio
Man dies awaiting bowel cancer assessment by Waitemata DHB
A man in his early 50s died of advanced bowel cancer which was never treated because, despite waiting for months, he couldn't get to see a hospital specialist. Audio
Call for Vitamin D in food
A nutritionist wants Vitamin D supplements added to food to help cut the nation's rates of bowel cancer.
Frustration and anger over lack of bowel cancer screening
An Auckland woman whose husband died of advanced bowel cancer is furious that he was diagnosed too late to be saved - and that other New Zealanders are being put in the same position. Audio
NZ's bowel cancer treatment slated
A third of patients with bowel cancer in this country don't find out they have the disease until they reach a hospital emergency department. Audio
Major study highlights serious gaps in bowel cancer care
A third of patients with bowel cancer in this country don't find out they have the disease until they reach a hospital emergency department. Audio
Bowel screening pilot doesn't hit participation rate targets
The first report on a bowel cancer screening programme in Waitemata says it's saved lives but more work is needed before the pilot can be rolled out nationally. Audio
Budget baffles bowel cancer screening campaigners
Campaigners for more bowel cancer screening are angry and baffled by the Government's decision not to fund a national testing programme. Audio
Government plan aims to deliver better, faster cancer care
The Government is promising earlier detection and treatment of cancer in future, including for bowel cancer, in a plan some say is short on detail. Audio
Phased or limited roll-out of bowel screening considered
Health officials have told the Government a national screening programme for bowel cancer needs to be phased in, as hospitals could struggle to cope with a national roll-out. Audio
Drug found to stop bowel cancer growth in 80% of cases
Australian scientists have discovered a set of drugs that appear to stop the growth of bowel cancers in about 80 to 90 per cent of cases. Audio