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Campaign urging people to pay attention to bowel cancer

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 2 Aug 2020, 1:39PM
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Campaign urging people to pay attention to bowel cancer

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 2 Aug 2020, 1:39PM

It is not one of New Zealand's most discussed diseases, but bowel cancer kills more people per year than breast or prostate cancer. 

The Never Too Young campaign is seeking to raise awareness of the disease, with New Zealand having one of the highest rates of the cancer in the world.

As increased screenings mean that the numbers for those over 65 have dropped, they are seeing more young people get diagnosed with bowel cancer.

Survivor and advocate Chelsea Halliwell joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss the campaign happening over the next month. 

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