Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program
Photos of Older Australians

Early Detection: The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program DVD

This DVD is based on a Rural Health Education Foundation Satellite Broadcast screened on the 10th April 2007.

The DVD presents a panel discussion, chaired by Dr Norman Swan, with health professionals represented in the screening pathway of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.

Please note that this presentation was produced during the first phase of the Program and contains out of date statistics and information about the eligible population for bowel cancer screening. The current phase of the Program commenced on 1 July 2008, and will invite people turning 50, 55 or 65 between January 2008 and December 2010 for bowel cancer screening.

Chapter 1 also contains out of date information and has been removed.


Individual Chapters of the DVD can be downloaded for viewing from the following links:

  • CHAPTER 3 - The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program and GP Information Kit
    (WMV 6.6 MB) | (MOV 12.4 MB)
    Duration 10:30 minutes
  • CHAPTER 6 - The Roles and Responsibilities of Health Professionals
    (WMV 4 MB) | (MOV 8.4 MB)
    Duration 6:30 minutes

You may require one of the following media players to view chapters of the DVD:

Get Windows Media Player available at http://windowsmedia.com/download/download.asp

Get Quicktime 4 available at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

If you have any enquiries regarding this material please forward an email to cancerscreening@health.gov.au


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