2021-07-29 04:35:31 GMT2021-07-29 12:35:31(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WELLINGTON, July 29 (Xinhua) More than 1,000 New Zealanders have had bowel cancer, New Zealand s second-most-common cause of death from cancer, detected under the government s National Bowel Screening Program, Health Minister Andrew Little said on Thursday.
More than 1,200 New Zealanders died from bowel cancer in 2017. The screening program aims to save lives by catching it early, giving patients a greater chance of survival, Little said in a statement. New Zealand has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the developed world and that s why we need this program, he said.
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