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Australians urged to take life-saving test

The bowel cancer home screening test kit

The bowel cancer home screening test kit Source: AAP

The stubbornly high numbers of people failing to take free and potentially life-saving bowel cancer tests is refusing to budge. Almost 60 per cent of Australians in the most at-risk age bracket are still choosing not to take part, with men and some of Australia's ethnic communities having the lowest participation rates.


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By Helen Isbister

Presented by Bích Ngọc

Source: SBS



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The stubbornly high numbers of people failing to take free and potentially life-saving bowel cancer tests is refusing to budge. Almost 60 per cent of Australians in the most at-risk age bracket are still choosing not to take part, with men and some of Australia's ethnic communities having the lowest participation rates.



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