Bowel cancer (also known as colorectal cancer) is the third most common type of newly diagnosed cancer in Australia.
15,206 Australians are told they have bowel cancer each year (293 a week), including 1,542 people under the age of 50.
Bowel cancer claims the lives of 5,255 Australians every year (101 a week), including 292 people under the age of 50.
