Thank you for helping us to beat bowel cancer

Bowel Cancer Australia would like to gratefully acknowledge the many individuals and organisations who got involved in big and small ways this June.

Although Bowel Cancer Awareness Month looked a little bit different this year, it was terrific to see so many people embracing the new online and virtual options to raise much-needed funds and awareness for Australia’s second deadliest cancer.

With over 325 new cases and 108 deaths estimated weekly, during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month Australian’s were reminded that despite the NEW NORMAL, some things remain NOT NORMAL.

Kristian’s bowel cancer journey started on his 29th birthday, 21 August 2019, with a visit to the emergency room for lower abdominal pain due to a perforated bowel.
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“My recovery was quite good, until my day of discharge. It was in that exact moment my life changed in a blink of an eye. I was classed as having Stage 4 bowel cancer,” says Kristian.

“It hit my family and I like a tonne of bricks, but there was no time to dwell - I had to start chemotherapy as soon as possible,” Kristian adds.

Held in the final week of June, our annual Never2Young Awareness Week campaign highlighted that although bowel cancer rates have been declining among adults over 50, incidence continues to rise in those under 50.

Never2Young Champions across the country shared their stories and photographs to help raise awareness that you’re never too young to have bowel cancer, using the ‘My Age Was Not A Factor’ tagline.

Thank you all for helping to make real change happen!