IT has been one year since changes to the Australian Government's National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) came into effect, which saw the program's age criteria changed to allow Australians aged 45-49 to opt-in to receive a free bowel screening test kit in the mail.

Bowel cancer is Victoria's second leading cause of cancer-related death among men and the third among women. Doing the bowel screening test every two years when you're due can help find bowel can