Clinical Guidelines

Colorectal cancer

Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer

Review and update of Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer 

Cancer Council Australia was contracted by the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care (the Department) to review and update two chapters of the 2017 Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer, namely the chapters titled: Population screening for colorectal cancer, and Risk and screening based on family history. The process to update the chapters is now complete and the full chapter text can be accessed from the links below:

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Population screening for colorectal cancer

Risk and screening based on family history



2017 Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer

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Guideline developed in association with:

The Daffodils Centre

These guidelines are intended for health professionals caring for people with colorectal cancer. They may also be of interest to policy makers and people with training in medicine or other health sciences. They are not intended as health information for the general public.