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Cancer screening

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term564066
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 29/08/2014
Definition:Help on this term

Population-based cancer screening involves testing for signs of cancer in people who do not have any obvious symptoms of the disease. In Australia, there are currently three national screening programs, BreastScreen Australia, National Cervical Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) and the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP).

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Bowel cancer screening test cluster
  • Health, Standard 05/02/2021
Cancer screening test result
  • Health, Standard 29/08/2014
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18
  • Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2018–19
  • Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2019–20
  • Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2020–21
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2021–22
  • Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2022–23
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
Person—cancer screening test indicator, yes/no code N
  • Health, Standard 05/02/2021
Person—cancer screening test result
  • Health, Standard 29/08/2014
Person—cancer screening test result, bowel cancer code N[A]
  • Health, Standard 29/08/2014
Person—cancer screening test type, bowel cancer code N
  • Health, Standard 05/02/2021
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