Bowel cancer (also known as colorectal cancer) is the third most common type of newly diagnosed cancer in Australia.
15,325 Australians are told they have bowel cancer each year (296 a week), including 1,531 people under the age of 50.
Bowel cancer claims the lives of 5,336 Australians every year (103 a week), including 272 people under the age of 50.
