Bowel Cancer

A radiologist is pushing for hospitals to use 'virtual colonoscopies' to cut the country's high bowel cancer rates, arguing it's cheaper and faster. Audio

The government's being blamed for a lack of progress in reducing cancer deaths. A lobby group says the wait to introduce a national screening programme for bowel cancer is unethical. Audio

Nadine Hooper, from Papamoa, was 44 when she was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2012, and is now in remission. Audio

A Canterbury surgeon says patients are dying in this country while a "talkfest" continues about whether to screen for bowel cancer. Audio

Nurses say they're willing to be trained to carry out some of the colonoscopy procedures needed to screen people for bowel cancer. Audio

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

A woman who complained to her GP for four years about persistent bowel symptoms was finally diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer after she went to another doctor. Audio

Mistakes by family doctors and a medical centre meant a woman at high risk of bowel cancer waited four months to hear she had the disease. 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 study from the University of Otago has found drinking milk as part of a school programme may help to reduce the risk of bowel cancer later in life. Audio

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