But the Bowelscan program can aid detections.
The cancer affects one in 20 people but can be curable if caught early.
The Bowelscan program provides low cost, easy to use testing kits to all Australians that can help detect cancer early.
Despite offering a 90 per cent chance of being successfully treated if detected early, 43 per cent of Victorians are still avoiding the screening tests.
The Bowelscan program was launched in 1982 by the surgeon Dr Bill Brand in the Rotary Club of Lismore.
Since then the program has spread to every state in Australia.
The test is completed at home, is non-invasive and requires no food or drink restrictions.
Initially the kits were only available through a network of pharmacies but now they are also available online.
With more than 1300 Victorians dying each year from the disease it is a simple step to take to prompt diagnosis and then treatment.
An easy to use $15 kit is available at Dennis Kilmartin Pharmacy, Chemist Discount Centre both in Seymour, as well as Avenel Pharmacy and Rebecca Baker Pharmacy Nagambie.
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