Bowel Cancer Awareness Week has a number of events, campaigns and ambassadors which include:

Monday 21 November
Golf Challenge, Grange Golf Club 12:00 pm

Tuesday 22 November
Tennis Challenge, Next Generation, Memorial Drive from 12:00 pm

Thursday 24 November
Rundle Mall Pavillion from 11:00 am

Friday 25 November
Rundle Mall Pavillion from 11:00 am

Ambassadors
- Graeme Goodings: Channel 7 News
- Michael Keelan: 5AA
- Summa Edwards: Channel 9 Feeling Good
- Trent Kelly: Redbacks Cricketer
- John Platten: AFL Legend
- Gianna Pattison: Channel 10 Big Brother
- Louise Stacey: SA Tennis
- Ricky Macgowan: SANFL

The Australian Cricket Openers Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer will be wearing the wristbands during the test match against the West Indies.

The South Australian Redbacks Cricket Team will be wearing the wristbands whilst fielding during the week as well.

Cancer & Bowel Research Trust looks forward to your support.

Consisting of the Queen Elizabeth, Royal Adelaide and Lyell McEwin Hospitals the Northern Colorectal Unit is participating in the upcoming pilot project of screening by faecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer.The pilot, which is being funded by the Federal Government is being organized through the South Australian Department of Health.

Reference
Reference: www.surgery.adelaide.edu.au
Search = Research Interests / Peter Hewett

A revolutionary drug called Avastin used in conjunction with chemotherapy can prolong the life of cancer patients by 30 per cent according to researchers. Avastin is known as an angiogenesis inhibitor, starving the particular blood vessels of blood supply which the tumor needs for growth. This ultimately helps it to stop secondary cancers. As it is new on the market it has yet to be reviewed for a government subsidy. It is one of the largest breakthroughs in a decade according to doctors.

Reference
www.news.ninemsn.com.au
Search = New Wonder Drug

At the May 2005 Federal Budget the Government pledged $25.5 million over four years to the program. The Federal Government stated that by 2008 every Australian over 55 and every Indigenous Australian over 45 would be screened for Colorectal Cancer every 2 years.

Reference
www.abc.net.au
Search = Bowel Cancer

The Cancer & Bowel Research Trust has announced its project funding for projects commencing 2005, this year significantly focusing on awareness and prevention campaigns for the first time support services.

The building of a treatment residence in South Australia's Salisbury Park, is near Adelaide's Lyell McEwin Hospital which is gearing up to offer more substantial cancer treatment and care.

Our commitment to provide $220,000.00 to the establishment of the residence is the biggest single outlay by the organization to one specific project.

Provision for funding of $250,000 into awareness, prevention & early detection campaigns was also allocated for 2005.

Of the externally conducted programs Palmerston North Hospital in New Zealand was successful with its application for "New Targets for Chemotherapy" ($42,000) as was the Department of Surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for the provision of a PhD Scholarship, the successful candidate of which will be selected shortly.

In Australia alone, it is reported that doctors diagnoise 9,500 new cases of Colorectal Cancer each year. This cancer is so severe that it effects 1 in 20 Australians.

Currently cancer cases like colorectal cancer (second most severe cancer to lung) contribute to the $2 billion dollar per year direct health system costs, which 80% of these expenses attribute to treatment.

This report covers the data on the threat of colorectal cancer and the importance of prevention as a cure of this disease.