Rare cancers include things such as mesothelioma, head and neck cancers, some of the gynecologic cancers like ovarian or uterine cancers, things such as pancreatic cancer, esophageal cancer.
Bowel Cancer
Video: Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
Sadly, more than 15,000 Australians die of bowel cancer each year. However, if caught early 9 out of 10 bowel cancers can be successfully treated. Watch this video to find out more about bowel cancer and hear from Anton Enus how bowel cancer screening allowed his cancer to be detected.
Quality of life and exercise in cancer survivors
Researchers investigated the quality of life and its association with physical activity among survivors of different types of cancer. These are the results.
Colorectal cancer does early screening help?
Researchers present data on the relationship between Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, it’s screening history and the resulting incidence in Australia, this is what they found.
Bowel cancer: having a stoma
Having a stoma, even temporarily, is a big change in a person’s life and takes some getting used to. Thousands of Australians have a stoma and most lead a relatively normal life.
Bowel cancer: self-care
For most people, the cancer experience doesn’t end on the last day of treatment. Life after cancer treatment can present its own challenges
Bowel cancer: managing bowel and dietary changes
For most people, the cancer experience doesn’t end on the last day of treatment and life after cancer treatment can present its own challenges.
Video: Bowel cancer – Anton Enus
My first reaction was, I didn’t really believe that. I thought maybe I’m dreaming this, maybe I didn’t hear properly, I’m a bit sort of under anaesthesia and I wasn’t quite understanding what the ENT guy was saying, and then it took a while to sink in.
Bowel cancer treatments
There are different types of treatment for bowel cancer depending on what stage the cancer is, that is the type and size of the cancer and whether it has begun to spread.
Bowel cancer diagnosis
Diagnosis of bowel cancer usually starts with an examination and tests.
