Early success for Australia's bowel screening program: let's move it along

Olver, Ian N; Grogan, Paul B

doi:10.5694/mja13.10277

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Cancer screening programs are under scrutiny. Ultimately, the measure of success is whether the program saves lives by detecting precancerous lesions or early-stage cancers that have a high cure rate.

Cancer Council Australia, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: ian.olver@cancer.org.au

Acknowledgements:

We thank the Bowel Cancer Screening Committee of Cancer Council Australia for providing expert advice.

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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