http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/anita-tang/ Anita Tang has been at Cancer Council NSW since July 2002 and is currently the Manager Policy and Advocacy. During this time, her responsibilities have included cancer prevention programs and advocacy for government action to reduce the impact and incidence of cancer. She has also had a number of national roles including leadership of the Tobacco Issues Committee, and now the Bowel Cancer Screening Committee of Cancer Council Australia. Anita has extensive experience across social issues, through advocacy, review, service development, and policy roles. She has a Bachelor of Arts, and a Masters in Administrative Law and Policy, both from the University of Sydney. In 2007 she was awarded a Fellowship for the Stanford University Executive Program for Nonprofit leaders. She is passionate about issues affecting people who do not have a voice, and holding governments accountable for programs and policies that serve disadvantaged groups. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-cancer-that-dare-not-speak-its-name/ Yesterday, Tory Shepherd wrote a Punch piece on how breast cancer was beating bowel cancer in the cancer wars. Here, Anita Tang looks at why bowel cancer has an image problem and what should be done about it. It’s not surprising bowel cancer has an image problem. What’s our emotional response to the word ‘bowel’? The bowel conjures images of the body’s secret inner workings; internal systems we would rather ignore. It connotes words we would rather not hear: colorectal, anus, intestine, canal and colon. The bowel is not sexy. People don’t want to talk about it. However, bowel cancer is our second biggest cancer killer. It claims more than 4000 Australian lives each year, second only to lung cancer, which causes about 7600 deaths. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Anita Tang) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-cancer-that-dare-not-speak-its-name/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-cancer-that-dare-not-speak-its-name/#item5572 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:35:04 +0000 Anita Tang | Author bios | The Punch