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How many additional cancers and pre-cancerous lesions are expected to be detected per year from lowering the bowel screening age to 56?

Answered Question 27062 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • How many additional cancers and pre-cancerous lesions are expected to be detected per year from lowering the bowel screening age to 56?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that operational modelling indicates approximately 150 advanced adenomas and 30 cancers will be identified in 56 and 57-year-olds each year.