Bowel cancer (also known as colorectal cancer) is the third most common type of newly diagnosed cancer in Australia.
15,531 Australians are told they have bowel cancer each year (299 a week), including 1,716 people under the age of 50.
Bowel cancer claims the lives of 5,350 Australians every year (103 a week), including 315 people under the age of 50.
