Australia Bowel-Cancer Test Program Scored By Former AMA Head
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Executive Summary
The Australian government is being urged by a former head of the Australian Medical Association to overhaul its program of screening for bowel cancer
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The Australian government is being urged by a former head of the Australian Medical Association to overhaul its program of screening for bowel cancer. Kerryn Phelps, also a member of the Bowel Cancer Foundation board, said physicians never trusted the tests distributed to Australians during the program. She said they were known to be faulty because they missed 30 percent of cancers. Phelps said the nation would have been better served by promoting colonoscopies every five years after age 40. (Click here for more) "GP On Attack Over 'False Security' Of Bowel Tests" - Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) (1/29/10) |