Bowel Cancer Australia eNews: Thank You / Impact Report / World Cancer Day

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Warmest thanks for your support this past year, from all the team at Bowel Cancer Australia.

Because of you, we can continue to provide patients, loved ones, family and friends with a place to find support and resources; building communities through shared experiences and creating a powerful voice for change.

Because of you, we relentlessly champion what matters most to people affected by bowel cancer and make real change happen across the entire continuum of care.

Because of you, more people than ever share our vision. To have an everlasting impact on our health future - where no Australian dies from bowel cancer and all those diagnosed receive the support they need.

Together, we’re not just imagining a world without bowel cancer. We’re helping to make it a reality.

To find out how your support helped us to create positive change for people affected by bowel cancer in meaningful and impactful ways that produce measurable benefits in 2021, click here.

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What can you do to help us close the gap in bowel cancer care this World Cancer Day (4^th February)?

Every single one of us has the ability to make a difference, large or small, and play our part in creating a (bowel) cancer-free world. 

This year’s campaign is all about understanding and recognising the inequities in cancer care.

Including inequities in the level of support bowel cancer patients receive, care experiences and health outcomes for patients with young-onset bowel cancer, and access to new bowel cancer treatments.

World Cancer Day is also about challenging the status quo and helping reduce stigma; listening to the perspectives of the people living with cancer and their communities and letting those lived experiences guide our thoughts and actions.

Everyone deserves access to cancer care. The time to act is now.

Find out how you can get involved this World Cancer Day, become a Champion For Change, and help us to create a future without bowel cancer.

CHECK OUT OUR SELECTION OF ACTIONS HERE

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Take a task off your to-do list with our free Will writing service

Earlier in the month we reached out to share one of the easiest ways to take care of the people you love the most: by writing a free Will online with our partner, Gathered Here.

Have you started your Will yet? It only takes 10 minutes to complete and can give you peace of mind that you are protecting the people and organisations that mean the most to you.

It is also a gift of hope for the future, one way your lasting legacy can help create a world without bowel cancer.

Through our collaboration with Gathered Here, Australia’s top-rated Will-writing platform, you can write your Will and update it whenever you need to in the future - for free!

Take 10 minutes today so that you can look to the rest of 2022, and beyond, knowing you’ve taken a concrete step into your future. Thank you for supporting Bowel Cancer Australia.

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Did you know that Australia’s overall trends in bowel cancer incidence and mortality are masking an increase in young-onset bowel cancer, a rise that began in the mid-1990s? Join us on February 24 for a two-part webinar series, where medical experts and patient advocates will explore the challenges faced by young-onset bowel cancer patients and carers and what must be done to better meet their needs. REGISTER FREE NOW.

Bowel Cancer Australia welcomes the listing of Braftovi (encorafenib) on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 January 2022 as a treatment option in combination with Erbitux (cetuximab) for patients with BRAF V600E-variant metastatic bowel cancer who have not responded to a prior systemic therapy. Around 1-in-10 patients diagnosed with metastatic bowel cancer have the BRAF mutation.

With Decembeard and Decembhair now over for another year, we wanted to extend a very big thank you to everyone who fundraised, donated and shared their lived-experiences to help beat bowel cancer. THANK YOU for helping us to save lives and to improve the health and wellbeing of people living with bowel cancer. We look forward to Decembeard/Decembhair 2022!

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