Speaking at APP 2014,
University of Sydney Professor
Peter Carroll said bowel cancer
screening should be seen as an
ongoing and long term opportunity
for pharmacists.
Pharmacists were uniquely
placed to help reduce the
number of Australians dying
from bowel cancer - one every
two hours - given the evidence
of the effectiveness of faecal
immunochemical tests in detecting
bowel cancer.
“It is recommended that people
over the age of 50 should have a
bowel cancer screening test at least
every two years, and the current
Commonwealth program cannot
possibly cover all these people.”
Carroll said it wasn’t just about
supporting a campaign annually
and that early detection was key to
increased survival rates.
“There are campaigns all year
round now, so it’s about seeing
it as a major opportunity that
is entirely consistent with the
professional counselling role played
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