Link to the Show / Show NotesThe federal government this week resumed its national screening program for bowel cancer.
Around 12 Australians die each day from what bowel cancer, which experts say could be prevented.
It is the most common form of cancer in non-smokers, but those living in Japan and some Mediterranean countries have a lower incidence of bowel cancer.
However, the Gut Foundation's president, Professor Terry Bolin, says that in Australia, this advantage seems to disappear after couple of generations, when these groups migrate to Australia.
Dr Bolin is speaking with Caroline Davey.

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