Initiative helps increase breast cancer screening
A new study has found that using a community-codesign approach can massively increase mammography screening…
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29,000 cancers overdiagnosed in Australia in a single year
Alexandra Barratt, University of Sydney; Katy Bell, University of Sydney; Mark Jones, Bond University; Paul…
We know bushfire smoke affects our health, but the long-term consequences are hazy
Brian Oliver, University of Technology Sydney In previous years, Australians might have been exposed to…
Gene editing successfully used to treat cervical cancer in mice
The Griffith University scientists used CRISPR-Cas9 to successfully target and treat cervical cancer tumours in…
Why does Australia have so much skin cancer? (Hint: it’s not because of an ozone hole)
Terry Slevin, Cancer Council Australia and David Whiteman, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Skin cancer…
Number of Australians living with or beyond cancer to surge 72% by 2040
1 in 18 Australians will have a personal history of cancer The number of Australians…
Delays and confusion cloud roll-out of new cervical cancer screening program
Jane Williams, University of Sydney and Sally Wortley, University of Sydney Australia’s new national cervical…
ECCO 2017: Rising melanoma death rates could be blunted by new therapies by 2050
By 2050 the death rates from malignant melanoma will have decreased from their current levels…
One in five tattoo inks in Australia contain carcinogenic chemicals
Terry Slevin, Cancer Council Australia A report this week from the Australian government’s National Industrial…
Australia’s melanoma rates overtaken by New Zealand
Researchers from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have found that Australia no longer has the…