Mr Maurice Brygel
e-mail:
mbrygel@netspace.net.au
Masada Private Hospital
26 Balaclava Road
East St Kilda
VIC 3183
Ph: 03 90381300
or 1300 HERNIA
fax: 03 9527 1519
For outside Australia
ph: +61 3 90381300
fax: +61 3 9527 1519
Sir John Monash Private Hospital
212 Clayton Road
Clayton VIC 3168
Cabrini Private Hospital
181- 183 Wattletree Road
Malvern VIC 3144
Disclaimer
Welcome to this website devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of haemorrhoids and rectal bleeding. No symptom or complaint can be looked at in isolation.
The whole patient needs to be evaluated before any conclusions can be drawn or treatments instituted. This site is expanded to provide information in many related areas of patient concern.
Whilst all attempts have been made to ensure accuracy, the Clinic does not accept any liability for the use or application of this knowledge.
We are unable to provide any detailed feedback to your e-mails apart from general advice. Should you feel the need to contact us, an appointment can be made by e-mail or by telephone or fax.
To diagnose medical or surgical problems in this area, a formal consultation is required which includes a full history, thorough examination and any investigation that may be required.
Bowel Cancer Screening Program
Bowel cancer is now the commonest cause of cancer-related death in Australia.
Every year about 12,600 new cases of bowel cancer are diagnosed and about 4,700 people die from the disease.
Studies carried out overseas and here in Australia have suggested that this mortality rate will be reduced by up to 33% by population-wide screening.
The screening program will utilize the faecal occult blood test (FOBT) kit, which detects the presence of microscopic amounts of blood in faecal material.
Benign and cancerous tumours in the bowel tend to bleed, and this blood is detected by the FOBT. A positive FOBT result means that blood has been detected, a negative result means that there is no evidence of blood present.
The results from research studies suggest that a person with a positive result has a 45% chance of having an adenoma (a benign, but potentially pre-cancerous, tumour) and a 5% chance of having an actual cancer.
Other benign conditions, such as haemorrhoids, account for the remaining 50%.
