BreastScreen Australia aims to reduce mortality and morbidity from breast cancer by actively recruiting and screening women aged 50-69 years for early detection of the disease.

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The National Cervical Screening Program aims to reduce incidence and death from cervical cancer, in a cost-effective manner, through a more organised approach to cervical screening.

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The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program aims to reduce the incidence and death from bowel cancer by offering people turning 50, 55, 60 and 65 years of age screening with a faecal occult blood test in the privacy of their own home.

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Information relating to Other Population Health Screening Issues include:

• Statement on use of thermography to detect breast cancer
• Population Based Screening Framework
• What is Population Screening
• Screening and early detection of skin cancer statement
• Prostate Cancer Screening in Australia: Position Statement
• Lung Cancer Screening: A paper on the evidence and issues
• Digital Breast Tomosyntheses: A paper on the evidence and issues for its use in screening for breast cancer