He said he agreed with Bowel Cancer New Zealand that there should be publicly funded colonoscopies for positive pharmacy tests. Bowel Cancer New Zealand that there should be publicly funded colonoscopies for positive pharmacy tests. He also said there appeared to be more publicity for breast and prostate cancer screening than bowel cancer, despite bowel cancer killing more New Zealanders than breast and prostate cancer combined. Bowel Cancer NZ collaborated with Bowel Screen Australia and Green Cross Health to introduce the BowelScreen Aotearoa kits several years ago. It was fortunate that the roll-out of the bowel screening programme across the Southern district was imminent, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 03, 2018 16:07 UTC