Dec 29, 2019
Inflatable T-Rex's took centre stage at this year's Boxing day races, running a 100m dash for a good cause. The Boxing Day races at Ellerslie racecourse are usually known for amazing fashion. Not this time.
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Dec 03, 2019
Bowel Cancer Foundation Trust CEO Georgina Mason says a New Zealand cancer screening trial, using specifically trained dogs to identify bowel cancer in urine, could help to save lives through early detection.
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Nov 12, 2019
The National roll-out of the free bowel screening programme has today reached the halfway point with 10 out of 20 District Health Board's (DHB) now up and running.
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Nov 01, 2019
New research released today showed that eating more fruit changed the gut bacteria enough to reduce incidents of pouchitis in Ulcerative Colitis (UC) patients.
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Oct 22, 2019
Auckland Health Foundation announced today they are collaborating with Bowel Cancer Foundation Trust on two significant pieces of bowel cancer research.
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Oct 10, 2019
A call has been sent out for patients with moderate to severe Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease to participate in a new drug trial being undertaken here in NZ.
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More than 375 people with bowel cancer have been detected and hundreds of potentially cancerous polyps removed from patients within the first two years of the launch of the National Bowel Screening Programme (NBSP).
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Sept 01, 2019
If the government is serious about modernising our cancer care and increase our 5-year cancer survival rates then cancer rehabilitation must be included in the new agency.
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Aug 13, 2019
Eating walnuts could offer ulcerative colitis sufferers some protection, according to a new study by researchers at UConn Health and Texas A&M University.
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Aug 05, 2019
The government has promised $25million for 12 new radiation machines nationwide over 3 years but have yet to agree to set up a National Cancer Agency.
Read More (2 minute read)Key Milestones reached by Bowel Cancer Foundation Trust team.
