No debate – bowel screening age to be lowered
A commitment to lowering the bowel screening age is only the first step.
A commitment to lowering the bowel screening age is only the first step.
NZ's leading cancer charities has issued an urgent call ahead of the election, to take action on cancer.
New Zealand sailing legend and bowel cancer survivor Dean Barker is encouraging Kiwis to join him and help kick bowel cancer in the butt this June.
A diagnosis costs in more ways than just the physical and emotional; there is also a financial burden. Financial assistance is now available.
Worrying delays face younger patients in accessing much-needed diagnostic bowel screening.
The bowel screening age for Māori and Pasifika people will be lowered from 60 to 50 years old starting in 2023.
June 2022 is bowel cancer awareness month, and Bowel Cancer New Zealand's annual Move Your Butt challenge.
The report released today by Te Aho o Te Kahu (the Cancer Control Agency) is a small step in the right direction, but there is still a long way to go.
We are calling on the Prime Minister to adopt the same hard-line, “zero tolerance” approach to cancer deaths that she is to COVID.
We are calling on the Prime Minister to adopt the same hard-line, “zero tolerance” approach to cancer deaths that she is to COVID.