1. Bowelscan 2017 an opportunity to serve

2. Why is testing important?

3. COLORECTAL CANCER IN TASMANIA
In 2011, 253 new cases of colorectal cancer were diagnosed in Tasmanian males. However, only 82 men died from this cancer in 2011.
The number of Tasmanian females diagnosed was 230, and only 68 died that year.

4. COLORECTAL CANCER IN TASMANIA
In Tasmania, the Age Standardised Rate for death from colorectal cancer was 22.7 per 100,000.
In comparison, the ASR for death from colorectal cancer in the Australian population was 15.9 per 100,000.
In Tasmania, the ASR for the number of new cases diagnosed (incidence) was 76.0 per 100,000 in 2011.
In comparison, the ASR for the Australian incidence was 61.5 per 100,000

5. COLORECTAL CANCER IN TASMANIA
Trend-wise, incidence increases with increasing age. In Tasmania this is so particularly after the age of 65.
There is also a significant correlation between social disadvantage and lower survival rates from colorectal cancer nationally.
In Tasmania, colorectal cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer amongst both males and females.

6. New immunochemical kits
Shelf life of kits approximately 2 years
Temperature parameters - the range of temperatures experienced in Tasmania are within the temperature parameters of the kits
Storage and Transport- no special precautions
Current cost $12 per kit plus $0.50 royalty – retail price is $15 per kit, which is the same price throughout Australia.
Clubs keep $1 per kit sold

7. New immunochemical kits
Club appoints a Bowelscan co-ordinator
Club contacts pharmacies to stock kits for May (pharmacy list supplied, can be added to)
Club advises Rotary Group Bowelscan person of # kits required
Individual Clubs supplied with kits
Club distributes to pharmacies start of May
Club collects $ at end of May

8. New immunochemical kits
NO follow-up or collection by Clubs (apart from collecting unsold kits at the end of the month)
Kits easy to use – no dieting
Purchasers mail the kit direct to the lab
Test results mailed back to both customer and customer’s GP

9. BOWELSCAN – INSTRUCTIONS
NO Dietary requirements.
READ instruction page.
Complete and sign the Registration/Information form.
Only TWO samples required.
Brush stool/toilet water; DO NOT overload brush with water.
No handling faeces.

10. BOWELSCAN – INSTRUCTIONS
Apply BAR CODES from Information Sheet to sample card.
RETURN IMMEDIATELY in Reply Paid Envelope.
ANY KIT QUESTIONS – call
COST $15
Results will be ed or posted. Please write address CLEARLY   
Any Rotary questions, call John on (03)

11. LESSONS FROM 2016 These new kits are easy to use, accurate
The system supporting the kits works well
Work required by Clubs is minimal
Turnaround of results is quick
Lack of effective advertising was the main cause of low sales

12. PRIORITIES FOR 2017
Run the program through Clubs and local pharmacies as before
Secure TV ads and social media presence (committee is doing this)
PROMOTE kit sales to Rotarians, spouses and friends – everyone over 50 should be tested, every 2 years (National Health & Medical Research Council, Australia)
We have just over 2,000 kits to sell