Bowel Cancer Screening
NZ bowel screening plan won't benefit Māori - cancer expert
A cancer specialist says a national bowel screening programme will widen already unacceptable health disparities between Māori and non-Māori New Zealanders. At least 1200 New Zealanders die from bowel… Audio
Lives being saved already by bowel screening
About eight lives have already been saved in Hutt Valley and Wairarapa by bowel screening, according to experts.
Growing wait times delayed bowel cancer screening programme
Growing wait times have contributed to delays in rolling out a national bowel cancer screening programme. Only three dhbs screen for the disease, which kills 1200 people a year. Audio
Bowel screening set to be rolled out
After years of lobbying, and a pilot programme in Auckland, a nation wide bowel screening programme is about to be rolled out. Audio
'Unnecessary deaths' worry as bowel screening plans unveiled
The Health Ministry is strongly defending a decision to exclude people in their 50s from the rollout of national screening for bowel cancer, writes Karen Brown.
Bowel cancer screening fast-tracked
Bowel cancer screening will start in South Auckland and Otago-Southland in the next financial year.
Frustration and anger over lack of bowel cancer screening
An Auckland woman whose husband died of advanced bowel cancer is furious that he was diagnosed too late to be saved - and that other New Zealanders are being put in the same position. Audio
Why doesn't NZ have a bowel cancer screening programme
A study has found many bowel cancer diagnoses are being made too late to save the patient. Audio
Critical report raises pressure for bowel cancer screening
Pressure is mounting on the Government to say when it will begin extending screening for bowel cancer to the whole country. Audio
Pressure building on govt to extend bowel cancer screening
Pressure is mounting on the Government to say when it will begin extending screening for bowel cancer to the whole country. Audio
Potential future roll-out of screening programme
The Ministry of Health has completed its first evaluation of a pilot bowel cancer screening programme underway at Waitemata DHB. Since the beginning of 2012, Waitemata residents aged 50 to 74 have… Audio
Bowel screening pilot doesn't hit participation rate targets
The first report on a bowel cancer screening programme in Waitemata says it's saved lives but more work is needed before the pilot can be rolled out nationally. Audio
Budget baffles bowel cancer screening campaigners
Campaigners for more bowel cancer screening are angry and baffled by the Government's decision not to fund a national testing programme. Audio
Government plan aims to deliver better, faster cancer care
The Government is promising earlier detection and treatment of cancer in future, including for bowel cancer, in a plan some say is short on detail. Audio
Phased or limited roll-out of bowel screening considered
Health officials have told the Government a national screening programme for bowel cancer needs to be phased in, as hospitals could struggle to cope with a national roll-out. Audio
Calls for alternative bowel cancer scanning
A radiologist is pushing for hospitals to use 'virtual colonoscopies' to cut the country's high bowel cancer rates, arguing it's cheaper and faster. Audio
Radiologist calls for better funding for 'virtual' colonoscopies
Adrian Balasingam is a radiologist with Canterbury DHB and Pacific Radiologist in Christchurch. He's a former member of the Bowel Cancer Working Group. Audio
Delay in bowel cancer screening programme unethical
The government's being blamed for a lack of progress in reducing cancer deaths. A lobby group says the wait to introduce a national screening programme for bowel cancer is unethical. Audio
Experts demand urgent action over bowel cancer screening
A Canterbury surgeon says patients are dying in this country while a "talkfest" continues about whether to screen for bowel cancer. Audio
Health experts meet to hammer out colonoscopy solution
Nurses say they're willing to be trained to carry out some of the colonoscopy procedures needed to screen people for bowel cancer. Audio