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Bowel Cancer Australia pushes to expand home testing program as cases detected in wider age range

Australians aged 40 to 84 years should be given free bowel cancer self-screening kits to help address rising cases, a leading charity for the disease says.

Bowel Cancer Australia is calling on the federal government to expand the eligible age group, currently 50 to 74 years, for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, where people receive free home testing kits in the mail every two years.

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