Bowel Cancer
Sir Richard Hadlee steps out amid cancer battle: 'He's a champion'
Sir Richard Hadlee has made his first public appearance since undergoing a second round of surgery for cancer.
Hawke's Bay's Pasifika community urged to get bowel checks
Health officials in Hawke's Bay are trying to curb the high rate of bowel cancer deaths among Pasifika people by encouraging them to take the national bowel screening test when they get one in the… Audio
Patients waiting too long for bowel cancer diagnosis
Patients at nearly half the country's district health boards are waiting longer than they should for urgent tests to detect bowel cancer. Audio
John Zalcberg, Richard Vines: Kiwis denied life-saving drugs
NZ is lagging well behind even poor nations when it comes to funding advanced cancer drugs. Australian researcher Professor John Zalcberg and Richard Vines from Rare Cancers Australia founder are part… Audio
Pharmac defends position not to fund bowel cancer drug
Pharmac is defending its position to not fund a drug recommended to patients with late-stage bowel cancer who react severely to regular chemotherapy drugs.
DHBs struggling to meet colonoscopy wait-time targets
Hospitals are struggling to deliver timely diagnosis for bowel cancer and action is needed urgently according to an independent review panel into the national bowel screening programme. Audio
Bowel cancer test kit a 'lifesaver'
Older New Zealanders who are still ineligible for a free bowel cancer screening are buying their own tests, but say they shouldn't be forced to pay thousands of dollars for specialist appointments as…
Top Stories for Monday 18 June 2018
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Sir Richard Hadlee 'lucky' bowel cancer detected in screening
The cricketing legend says he feels lucky to have had bowel cancer picked up in regular screening. Bowel Cancer NZ spokesperson Mary Bradley takes us through the symptoms everyone should be aware of.
…Māori, Pasifika more likely to die from bowel cancer - study
A new study has found Pacific and Māori people have worse outcomes from bowel cancer than any other ethnic group in the country. Audio
More delays for people missed by cancer programme
People who have had to wait up to seven years to take part in a bowel screening programme will have to wait several more months to be checked for cancer.
Ministry apologises to 15,000 left out of cancer screening
Thousands of people left out of a pilot bowel cancer screening programme are to get an apology.
Man diagnosed with cancer after DHB refused investigation
Dunedin man Michael Horgan received a positive result after requesting to be screened for bowel cancer, but was turned away from Southern DHB because he didn't have serious symptoms. Video, Audio
More people caught up in bowel screening bungle
Eight people developed cancer and three died after they missed out on bowel screening due to a computer glitch. It could be months before its known just how many of the 2500 people who missed out have… Audio
Bowel cancer screening programme to be reviewed
The long-awaited national screening programme for bowel cancer is to be reviewed. It follows the admission yesterday that 2,500 people who were eligible for screening as part of a pilot programme were… Audio
Person dies following bowel screening computer glitch
Three people developed bowel cancer, one of whom died, after 2500 Waitemata residents weren't invited to a screening programme due to a computer glitch. Karen Brown reports. Audio
'You hear too many stories of people not being referred'
Canterbury surgeons are so worried about rising bowel cancer among young people that they're running free clinics to check symptoms. Audio
Worrying rise in bowel cancer amongst younger people
Bowel cancer rates amongst young people are on the rise and Canterbury surgeons are so worried about it; they're running free clinics for those with symptoms. Bowel cancer is the second most common… Audio
Cancer screening programme more limited than hoped
The Health Ministry is strongly defending a decision that means people in their 50s must keep waiting to be screened for a bowel cancer, a major killer. Audio
Obesity responsible for 10 percent of bowel cancers
Obesity is responsible for one in 10 cases of bowel cancer in this country, public health researchers say.
