Cancer Council Victoria recognises the key role GPs, nurses and other health care professionals play in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program by endorsing the program to patients and managing patients' positive faecal occult blood test (FOBT) results.
Health professionals play an important role in the National Cervical Screening Program by sharing knowledge and increasing eligible patients' understanding and participation in the program.
International and Australian data indicates that people with disabilities are under-screened for cancer.[1] General practice plays an important role in enabling people with disabilities and their carers to participate in cancer screening.
Case study detailing outcomes, feedback and challenges of a project to improve cervical, breast and bowel cancer screening rates at an Aboriginal Health Service.