June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world, but the good news is 9 out of 10 bowel cancers can be treated, if caught early enough.
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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 Overview
Bowel cancer – the second most common type of cancer affecting both men and women in Australia – is cancer that starts in the large bowel (colon) or rectum.
