Australian Bowel Cancer is running cancer awareness campaign throughout June to raise public awareness about Bowel Cancer, which kills 80 Australians each week, according to statistics.
New research shows there is a low participation rate in the free national bowel-cancer screening program, despite Australia having one of the highest rates in the world.
Health experts are urging people to take advantage of the screening test.
The incidence of bowel cancer is increasing, with almost 17,000 people expected to be diagnosed this year.
Men are more likely to be diagnosed and die from bowel cancer, but they are also less likely than women to participate in bowel-cancer screening.
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program urges people between ages 50 and 74, eligible for a free bowel-cancer screening, to make use of it.
