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Cancer information
- Cancer information
- What is cancer?
  - What is cancer?
    Cancer is a disease of the cells, which are the body’s basic building blocks.
- Types of cancer
  - Types of cancer
    Information about the diagnosis and treatment of different cancer types.
- Treatments
  - Treatments
    Learn about cancer treatments and find your local treatment centre.
  - Questions for your doctor
  - Treatment centres
  - Treatment types
  - Clinical trials
    - Search for a clinical trial
  - Making decisions about your care
- Genetics and risk
  - Genetics and risk
    Information about genetics, family history and cancer.
  - Familial bowel cancer
  - Familial breast cancer
  - Familial ovarian cancer
  - Familial melanoma
  - Family history of cancer
  - Family cancer centres
  - Genetic testing
  - Genetic counselling
  - Useful links
- Children, teens and young adults
  - Children, teens and young adults
    Information about cancer in children, teens and young adults.
  - Diagnosing children’s cancers
  - Reactions and emotions
  - Treating children’s cancers
  - Types of children’s cancers
  - During and after cancer
  - Cancer and school
  - Facts and figures
- Advanced cancer
  - Advanced cancer
    Learn more about advanced cancer.
  - What is advanced cancer?
  - The emotional impact
  - Talking with family and friends
  - Making treatment decisions
  - Treatment
  - Managing symptoms
  - Planning ahead
  - Information for carers
  - Advance Care Planning Webinars
- Aboriginal communities
  - Aboriginal communities
    Cancer information for aboriginal communities.
Managing daily life
- Managing daily life
- Common side effects
  - Common side effects
    Learn about common side effects and ways to manage them.
  - Changes in thinking and memory
  - Nerve pain and numbness
  - Fatigue and cancer
  - Fertility
  - Hair loss
  - Lymphoedema
  - Mouth health
  - Complementary therapies
  - Overcoming cancer pain
  - Taste and smell changes
- Emotions
  - Emotions
    Learn about common reactions to cancer diagnoses and how to adjust.
- Life after treatment
  - Life after treatment
    Information about the challenges you may face after treatment.
- Nutrition
  - Nutrition
    Learn about eating well during and after cancer treatment.
- Exercise
  - Exercise
    Learn about the importance of exercise including tips and examples.
- Sexuality and intimacy
  - Sexuality and intimacy
    Dealing with the ways cancer and treatment may affect your sexuality.
- Grief
  - Grief
    Understanding grief and ways to live with the loss of a loved one.
- Holidays and travel
  - Holidays and travel
    Learn about insurance and tips for managing special occasions.
  - Special occasions
  - Travel Insurance and Cancer
- Learning to relax
  - Learning to relax
    Tips for ways to cope with the emotional impact of cancer.
Get support
- Get support
- Cancer and COVID-19
  - Cancer and COVID-19
    Learn about cancer and COVID-19, and updates about our support services.
  - Latest news
  - COVID-19 and your health
  - COVID-19 vaccination
  - Don't delay
  - Hospital visitor restrictions
  - Telehealth for patients and carers
  - Our support services and COVID-19
  - COVID-19 FAQs
  - Cancer treatment FAQs
  - Information in other languages
  - Smoking and COVID-19
  - COVID-19 for health professionals
  - Keep up to date
- Contact our cancer nurses
  - Contact our cancer nurses
    Speak to a cancer nurse or email a question.
- Facing end of life
  - Facing end of life
    Learn about the physical and emotional impacts.
- Caring for someone with cancer
  - Caring for someone with cancer
    Learn more about supporting someone affected by cancer.
  - What carers do
- Wig service
  - Wig service
    We offer a free, personalised wig loan service.
  - Wig service
  - Donate a wig
  - Donating your hair
- Connect and learn
  - Connect and learn
    Connect with others and participate in our free education programs.
  - Cancer Connect
  - Managing Cancer Workshops
  - Support groups
  - Online community
  - Cancer Wellness Program
  - Contact a Cancer Nurse
  - Newsletter sign-up
- Financial and legal
  - Financial and legal
    Information and support programs related to legal and financial matters.
  - Cancer and your finances
  - Financial Counselling Program
  - Pro Bono Services
- Work
  - Work
    How to manage a work life and cancer.
- Holiday break program
  - Holiday break program
    Free short breaks for those affected by cancer and their families.
- Cancer services guide
  - Cancer services guide
    A guide to support services available to Victorians affected by cancer.
- Aboriginal communities
  - Aboriginal communities
    Cancer information and support services for Victorian Aboriginal communities.
- LGBTIQ+ communities
  - LGBTIQ+ communities
    Cancer information and support services for LGBTIQ+ communities.
Prevention
- Prevention
- Get checked
- Limit alcohol
  - Limit alcohol
    Cut down on alcohol to reduce your risk of cancer.
  - Alcohol causes at least 7 types of cancer
  - How alcohol causes cancer
  - Safe level of alcohol
  - Defining a standard drink
  - Standard drink tool
  - Tips to reduce your drinking
  - Drinking alcohol when you have cancer
  - For health professionals
  - Our policy work on alcohol
- Be a healthy weight
  - Be a healthy weight
    Convincing evidence links obesity to various cancers.
- Eat a healthy diet
  - Eat a healthy diet
    We recommend a healthy body weight, regular exercise and a healthy diet.
- Be SunSmart
  - Be SunSmart
    It's preventable but nearly 2,000 Australians die of skin cancer each year.
- Quit smoking
  - Quit smoking
    Each year 15,000 Australians are diagnosed with smoking-related cancer.
- Be physically active
  - Be physically active
    Evidence links physical activity to reduced breast and colon cancer risk.
- Workplaces
  - Workplaces
    Tips to cut your cancer risk in the workplace.
- Aboriginal communities
  - Aboriginal communities
    We're working to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
- LGBTIQ+ communities
  - LGBTIQ+ communities
    Cancer information and support services for LGBTIQ+ communities.
Research
- Research
- Research news
  - Research news
    Get the latest cancer research news.
- Research grants
  - Research grants
    Scientific work funded in universities, hospitals and research institutes.
  - Apply for funding
  - Cancer Trials Management Scheme Competitive Grants
  - Grants-in-Aid
  - Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
  - Summer Vacation Studentships
  - Colebatch Clinical Research Fellowship
  - Research Fellowships
  - Sir Edward Dunlop Research Fellowship
  - Venture Grants
  - Search research projects
  - Fund a research award
  - How much do we spend on external research?
- Clinical Trials
  - Clinical Trials
    Find out how we help patients access clinical trials.
- Search our research
  - Search our research
    Search the vast number of projects we've been involved in over the years.
- Meet our researchers
  - Meet our researchers
    Team of researchers who have expanded our understanding of cancer.
- Our Forgotten Cancers Program
  - Our Forgotten Cancers Program
    Improving survival for less common and low survival cancers.
- Research ethics and guidelines
  - Research ethics and guidelines
    Learn about our research ethics and research practice guidelines
- McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer
  - McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer
    Find out how we use the law to prevent cancer and to protect people affected by it.
- Victorian Cancer Registry
  - Victorian Cancer Registry
    We register details of all cancer diagnoses to keep statistics.
  - About us
  - Fact sheets and annual reports
  - Accessing and requesting data
  - VCR interactive data cube
  - Data access costs
  - Legal and governance framework
  - Data linkage services
  - Recruitment and research studies
    - E-Path
    - Abrevio project
  - Contact us
- Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer
  - Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer
    Learn more about the centre and its work.
  - Meet the team
  - Major research projects
  - Search our research
- Cancer Epidemiology Division
- VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control
  - VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control
    Learn more about the centre and its work.
  - Nigel Gray Fellowship work
  - VCTC publications pre 2004
  - VCTC publications post 2004
  - Tobacco control researchers
  - Nigel Gray Award
Get involved
- Get involved
- Donate
  - Donate
    Support our work including research, cancer support and prevention.
  - Donate online
  - Make a one-off donation
    - Make a one-off donation
  - Make a regular donation
  - Leave a gift in your Will
  - Honour your loved one
  - Give in celebration
- Leave a gift in your Will
  - Leave a gift in your Will
    A gift of hope for generations to come.
- Fundraise
  - Fundraise
    Find a fundraising event to suit you.
  - The March Charge
  - Shave or chop your hair
  - Get active
  - Relay For Life
    - Relay For Life volunteer application form
  - Australia's Biggest Morning Tea
  - Fundraise your way
  - Celebrate
  - Fundraising on Facebook
  - Daffodil Day
  - Dry July
  - Girls' Night In
  - Walking Stars
  - The Longest Day
- Volunteer with us
  - Volunteer with us
    Join the fight against cancer and volunteer with us.
  - Ways of volunteering
  - Regional fundraising groups
  - Corporate volunteering
  - How do I become a volunteer?
  - Volunteer opportunities
  - Volunteering FAQs
- Community engagement
  - Community engagement
    Share your story to help others, give back and be heard.
  - Register your interest
  - Your stories
- Give a major gift
  - Give a major gift
    Learn more about philanthropy at Cancer Council Victoria.
  - About us
  - Our work
  - Partner with us
- Become a corporate supporter
  - Become a corporate supporter
    There are many ways corporates can support our work.
- Fund cancer research
  - Fund cancer research
    Fund a specific type of cancer research and earn a research award.
- Honour your loved one
  - Honour your loved one
    Create a lasting space to remember your loved one or give in memory.
- Give in celebration
  - Give in celebration
    Make a lasting contribution when you celebrate your next special occasion.
- Donate a holiday
  - Donate a holiday
    Give a cancer patient some time away in your holiday home.
- Shop online
  - Shop online
    Cancer Council’s online store offers ultimate sun protection solutions.
Health professionals
- Health professionals
- Cancer and COVID-19
  - Cancer and COVID-19
    Learn about cancer and COVID-19, and support services for your patients.
  - Industry news and resources
  - Referrals to our cancer nurses
  - Don’t Delay
  - Our support services and COVID-19
  - Information in other languages
  - Cancer and COVID-19 FAQs
  - Cancer treatment FAQs
  - Essential services and supplies
  - Keep up to date
- News
  - News
    Read our latest news for health professionals.
- Cancer support referral
  - Cancer support referral
    Request a call back from a cancer nurse for one of your patients or carers.
- Order free publications
  - Order free publications
    Order a limited number of our free booklets and brochures.
- Education and training
  - Education and training
    Education programs for people who work in a healthcare setting.
  - Cancer education programs
    - Cancer Education Program - Members
    - Cancer Education Programs (CEP) 2021 schedule
  - Effective cancer communication
    - ECC members only
  - eLearning modules
  - Advanced Communication Skills Retreat 2021
  - Clinical consultation skills webinar
  - Advance care planning webinars
- Cervical screening providers
  - Cervical screening providers
    Information for Nurse Cervical Screening providers.
  - Cervical screening directory
  - Cervical screening certification
  - Preceptors
  - Cervical screening resources
  - Nurse Ambassador Program
  - Nurse scholarships
- Optimal Care Pathways
  - Optimal Care Pathways
    Review of the Pathways (formerly Patient Management Frameworks).
- Clinical Network
  - Clinical Network
    Network of specialist health care professionals.
  - Clinical Network overview
  - What we do
  - Resources
  - Latest news
  - Join the Clinical Network
  - Victorian Cancer Plan
- Community health
  - Community health
    Resources and support for Community Health Professionals.
  - Cancer Screening Resources Hub
  - Education and training
  - Hepatitis and liver cancer
  - Multicultural Communities Grants
- Clinical practice guides
  - Clinical practice guides
    Medical guides for specific cancers.
- Financial and legal referrals
  - Financial and legal referrals
    Referral information for legal and financial assistance programs.
  - Financial Counselling Program
  - Pro Bono Services
- Resources for dietitians
  - Resources for dietitians
    To support nutritional management of oncology patients.
- General practice
  - General practice
    Resources and support for general practice.
  - Clinical practice guidelines
  - Education and online learning
  - Optimal care pathways
  - Patient resources
  - Useful links and resources
About us
- About us
- Contact us
  - Contact us
    Addresses, phone numbers, parking and public transport information.
- What we do
  - What we do
    Our strategic plan, outlining our mission, values, goals and priorities.
- Latest news and stories
  - Latest news and stories
    News from Cancer Council Victoria and stories of those affected by cancer.
- Where the money goes
  - Where the money goes
    See what we spent our money on in 2019.
- Work with us
  - Work with us
    Interested in a career with Cancer Council Victoria? Find out more.
  - Job vacancies
  - Volunteer with us
- Media
  - Media
    Latest media releases and contacts for media liaison.
  - Search media releases
  - 2021 media releases
  - 2020 media releases
  - 2019 media releases
  - 2018 media releases
  - 2017 media releases
  - 2016 media releases
  - 2015 media releases
  - 2014 media releases
  - 2013 media releases
  - 2012 media releases
  - 2011 media releases
  - 2010 media releases
  - Media contacts
- Policy and Advocacy
  - Policy and Advocacy
    Influencing law and policy to improve cancer outcomes for all Victorians.
  - Equitable care for all Victorians
  - Reducing the cost of cancer
  - Join our community advisory network
  - Join our clinical network
  - Advocating for people with low survival cancers
  - Improving access to clinical trials
  - Read our latest news and stories
  - Get regular updates sent to you
- Governance
  - Governance
    Find out about our governance and our board.
  - CEO - Todd Harper
  - Members
  - Board of Directors
  - Executive Sub-Committee
  - Finance, Risk and Audit Committee
  - Medical & Scientific Committee
  - Venture Grants Committee
  - Clinical Network
  - Human Research Ethics
- Publications and videos
  - Publications and videos
    Annual review, newsletters, booklets, information sheets and videos.
  - Newsletters
    - Breakthrough
      - Subscribe to Breakthrough
    - Cancer Information and Support News for Health Professionals
- Annual reviews
  - Annual reviews
    View our annual reviews which demonstrate our achievements each year.
  - Archived annual reviews
  - Financial reports
  - Parliamentary reports
- Our history
  - Our history
    Snapshots of people and events from our long history.
- Culturally diverse communities
  - Culturally diverse communities
    We work to reduce the impact of cancer in diverse communities.
- Melbourne retail store
  - Melbourne retail store
    Our Melbourne-based retail shop is now permanently closed. To purchase our products, visit www.cancercouncilshop.org.au.
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