AAP - 30-12-2021

Australians living with aggressive bowel cancer will have access to a more affordable treatment after it was added to the medicine benefits scheme. More than

AAP - 26-12-2021

Investing in skin cancer prevention not only saves lives but could also significantly cut Australia's almost $2 billion treatment bill, experts say. While

AAP - 09-12-2021

Cancer diagnoses in Victoria declined in the past year, but that doesn't mean the illness is on the outer. Nearly 2500 fewer diagnoses were made in 2020 to

AAP - 05-12-2021

Cancer specialists have noticed a worrying increase in women presenting with advanced forms of rare cancer following Victoria's COVID-19 lockdowns. AAP understands

AAP - 05-12-2021

Cervical cancer screenings have declined with almost half of Victorian women failing to keep up with routine appointments during the pandemic. The Cancer Council

AAP - 01-12-2021

Australians living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are 40 per cent more likely to die from cancer, the latest government statistics show. People living

AAP - 28-11-2021

A treatment already on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme will be expanded to help treat leukaemia. Listed Venclexta is being expanded for the treatment of acute

AAP - 21-11-2021

Australian teens are getting just as sunburnt as they were at the start of the millennium amid a lack of investment in skin cancer prevention, researchers from the Cancer

Charlotte Mitchell - 11-10-2021

For lung cancer nurse Nicole Parkinson, there are many special memories she has of patients she’s cared for over the years – but the memory of one patient in particular

AAP - 07-10-2021

Breast cancer rates have risen by 50 per cent since the 1980s, prompting a warning to women about the role alcohol consumption plays as a risk factor.