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Programme seeks to reduce preventable cancers with free screening, same-day results
Evidence shows that early detection and treatment of cancer can significantly improve health outcomes, however…
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Preventing lung cancer’s unwelcome return
When a doctor gives a patient antibiotics for a bacterial infection, they usually require them…
Lung cancer screening: the cost of inaction
A report published today, ‘Lung Cancer Screening: The Cost of Inaction’, shows that lung cancer…
Can leukaemia in children with Down syndrome be prevented?
For the first time, Princess Margaret researchers (Canada) have mapped out where and how leukaemia…
EAU 2021: MRI can cut overdiagnoses in prostate-cancer screening by half
Most countries have not introduced nationwide prostate-cancer screening, as current methods result in overdiagnoses and…
Mayo clinic study suggests patients with lung cancer be screened for MET oncogene
Research by investigators at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (USA) suggests that physicians should screen patients…
How an ad and some poo saved 470 lives
Australian Government funded Cancer Council campaign drives 93,000 Australians to do the life saving test…
Self-collected cervical screening is a great way to prevent cervical cancer. How can we get more people doing it?
Nicola Creagh, The University of Melbourne; Claire Nightingale, The University of Melbourne, and Claire Zammit,…
Boosting bowel cancer screening in LGBTQ communities
A new campaign is putting a spotlight on bowel cancer screening rates in LGBTQ communities…
Funding success for cervical cancer screening in Papua New Guinea
Researchers at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney have been awarded $1.59 million to pursue the elimination…