自2025年10月6日起,新西兰将北岛和南岛部分地区肠道癌筛查年龄降低到58岁。 New Zealand lowers bowel cancer screening age to 58 in parts of North and South Islands starting Oct. 6, 2025.

自2025年10月6日起,新西兰正在将奥克兰、诺斯兰和南岛居民的免费肠癌检查年龄从60岁降低到58岁,使大约122 000人可以免费接受检查。 New Zealand is lowering its free bowel cancer screening age from 60 to 58 for residents in Auckland, Northland, and the South Island, effective October 6, 2025, expanding access to about 122,000 people. 与澳大利亚的45-74筛查标准保持一致的更广泛努力的一部分是这一变化,预计这一变化将防止771个病例,并在25年内挽救566人的生命。 The change, part of a broader effort to align with Australia’s 45-to-74 screening standard, is expected to prevent 771 cases and save 566 lives over 25 years. 已在瓦伊卡托积极活动并扩展到其他地区的新的症状测试路径FIT, 将使任何年龄的有症状的人能够在没有结肠镜检查的情况下迅速得到评估,减少等待时间,并释放出能力。 A new FIT for Symptomatic test pathway, already active in Waikato and expanding to other regions, will allow people of any age with symptoms to be quickly assessed without a colonoscopy, reducing wait times and freeing up capacity. 2026年3月将推广到北岛其他地区,对医院升级投资1亿美元,以支持提高筛查和结肠镜检查能力。 The rollout will extend to the rest of the North Island in March 2026, with a $100 million investment in hospital upgrades to support increased screening and colonoscopy capacity.