ABOUT BOWEL CANCER
Helping more Kiwis understand, prevent and beat bowel cancer.
The more we know about bowel cancer, the better the chances of beating it. This section contains helpful information about the risk factors, symptoms, screening and prevention, as well as treatment options and questions to ask your doctor if you think you may have bowel cancer.
What is Bowel Cancer?
Early detection and prevention
Treatment options
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No one likes to talk about bowel cancer, but the bottom line is, the more you know, the better the chances of beating it. So check out our helpful blogs and tips on preventing this silent killer – and read the stories of Kiwis affected by bowel cancer.
Southlanders on Tuesday 26th of June helped to open the conversation surrounding one of the country’s most prevalent diseases. Read
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More Māori and Pasifika people are likely to die of bowel cancer than any other ethnic group in New Zealand,
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Don’t be afraid to talk about poos and bums – it just might save your life, bowel cancer survivors say.
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A University of Otago Christchurch research team found the common and usually helpful gut bug, bacteroides fragilis, is toxic in
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