Bowel cancer is the general term for any cancer that is located in the digestives lower tract and large bowel area. It varies being called 'colon cancer', 'rectal cancer' or 'colorectal cancer' depending on where the cancer generated from. The national bowel cancer screening strategy has six objectives but the main target being to eliminate the incidence, illness and mortality of bowel cancer by detecting the disease while it’s in its early stages. Although Bowel cancer is one of Australia’s most common cancers particularly for people over the age of 50, it is also one of the easiest to cure if it has been detected early.
According to the national bowel cancer screening program website, some common symptoms for Bowel cancer include, bleeding …show more content…
This allows people to be more comfortable with doing the test because they are in an environment which they are familiar with and they are able to relax.
Strengthen Community Actions – The bowel cancer screening program strengthens community action by making the screening kit free so that everyone will be able to use it, even the people that live in rural areas because they are able to mail the samples back using a prepaid envelope. This means that people that live in rural and far away areas are also able to use the test as they won’t have to pay a hefty price to send the kit back after using it.
Develop Personal Skills – by sending out information packages to the homes of people that are in the susceptible age bracket, the eligible patients have to comprehensively read the information and research supplied by the government and decide for themselves based on the information that is presented to them in the package if they wish to partake in the screening test. It is not compulsorily to take the test but it is advised to ensure that you are aware of any conditions that could be detected. The informative booklet will also discuss risk factors as well as symptoms and that is information that is important for people to
According to the national bowel cancer screening program website, some common symptoms for Bowel cancer include, bleeding …show more content…
This allows people to be more comfortable with doing the test because they are in an environment which they are familiar with and they are able to relax.
Strengthen Community Actions – The bowel cancer screening program strengthens community action by making the screening kit free so that everyone will be able to use it, even the people that live in rural areas because they are able to mail the samples back using a prepaid envelope. This means that people that live in rural and far away areas are also able to use the test as they won’t have to pay a hefty price to send the kit back after using it.
Develop Personal Skills – by sending out information packages to the homes of people that are in the susceptible age bracket, the eligible patients have to comprehensively read the information and research supplied by the government and decide for themselves based on the information that is presented to them in the package if they wish to partake in the screening test. It is not compulsorily to take the test but it is advised to ensure that you are aware of any conditions that could be detected. The informative booklet will also discuss risk factors as well as symptoms and that is information that is important for people to