Bowel cancer (also known as colorectal cancer) is the third most common type of newly diagnosed cancer in Australia.
15,610 Australians are told they have bowel cancer each year (300 a week), including 1,680 people under the age of 50.
Bowel cancer claims the lives of 5,354 Australians every year (103 a week), including 290 people under the age of 50.
