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Cancer screening

Glossary Item Attributes

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        Health, Superseded 06/09/2018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        Health, Superseded 12/12/2018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        Health, Superseded 16/01/2020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        Health, Superseded 05/02/2021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        Health, Superseded 17/12/2021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        Health, Superseded 09/12/2022

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 09/12/2022

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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