Understanding Bowel Cancer Bowel cancer is cancer in any part of the large bowel (colon or rectum). It is sometimes known as colorectal cancer and might also be called colon cancer or rectal cancer, depending on where in the bowel it is found. To order print copies, simply call 13 11 20 or download the…
A health professional’s personal cancer journey: Sally’s cancer experience featured as the cover story in the Winter edition of inscope, the official journal of the Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union: The view from the other side: A nurse’s personal cancer journey Clinical Nurse Consultant, mother of two and QNMU member Sally Kriel was diagnosed with stage…
June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Bowel cancer claims the lives of 101 Australians every week (5,255 people a year) – but it’s one of the most treatable types of cancer if found early. While the risk of bowel cancer increases significantly with age, the disease doesn’t discriminate, affecting men and women, young and old.…