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Bowel Cancer - the facts

Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world.

Bowel cancer is the second most common type of newly diagnosed cancer in Australia.

Around 14,860 Australians are told they have bowel cancer every year.

Bowel cancer is Australia’s second biggest cancer killer after lung cancer, claiming the lives of around 3,999 people every year.

The good news is that bowel cancer is one of the most curable types of cancer if detected early, however, fewer than 40% of bowel cancers are detected early.

If bowel cancer is detected before it has spread beyond the bowel, the chance of surviving for at least five years after diagnosis is around 90% and most people are able to return to their current lifestyle.

However, most cases are detected at a later stage and so, overall, close to 60% of people diagnosed with the disease survive five years.

Early detection offers the best hope of reducing the number of Australians who die each year from bowel cancer.

Based on current trends, 1 in 12 Australians will develop bowel cancer before age 85.

Both men and women are at risk of developing bowel cancer.

The risk is greater if you –

• are aged 50 years and over;
• have had an inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis;
• have previously had special types of polyps, called adenomas in the bowel; or
• have a significant family history of bowel cancer polyps.

You are considered to have a significant family history of bowel cancer if a close relative (parent, brother, sister or child) developed bowel cancer at a young age (under 55 years) or if more than one relative on the same side of your family has had bowel cancer.

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