Bowel cancer
The number of new cases of bowel cancer has increased in the last 4 decades from 7,000 in 1982 to 17,000 and 2018.
- Bowel cancer is more common in people over the age of 50 years.
- The chance of developing bowel cancer by age 85 years is 1-13
- Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in Australia.
- Overall survival rates for bowel cancer are much lower than other common forms of cancer such as prostate and breast.
Standard treatment types include.
Colon cancer:
Surgery
Radio ablation
Cryosurgery
Chemotherapy
Radiation therapy
Targeted therapy
Rectal cancer:
Surgery
Chemotherapy
Radiation therapy
Targeted Therapies
