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Michael.Tarquinio@cancervic.org.au 0400 029 450
Cancer Prevention including tobacco, lung cancer, Quit program, Food for Health Alliance, LiveLighter, obesity, alcohol, skin cancer prevention, SunSmart
Prue.Gildea@cancervic.org.au 0400 394 274
Cancer Screening and Early Detection (including bowel and cervical cancer, hepatitis B and HPV immunisation)
Ashleigh.Say@cancervic.org.au (03) 9514 6454
Cancer Council Victoria has received recognition at the 2022 Victorian Health Promotion Awards for its innovative and effective work on Food Fight, a campaign calling for government action to remove unhealthy food and drink advertising from public transport, public transport infrastructure and near schools.
Research from more than 300 Victorians affected by cancer has found that a substantial proportion of people with cancer (26%) and carers (20%) said they did not get enough formal emotional and mental health support during COVID-19.
Cancer Council Victoria welcomes the Victorian Government’s response to support the health and well-being of approximately 2,000 patients impacted by incomplete colonoscopies in the Albury-Wodonga region.
More Victorians than ever before are calling 13 11 20 – Cancer Council Victoria’s vital information and support phone line for people affected by cancer and their families.
New research from Cancer Council Victoria reveals adult drinkers exposed to alcoholic products carrying health warning labels with text and pictures are more likely to intend to reduce their alcohol intake than those exposed to no health warning labels or to the industry-developed DrinkWise labels that currently appear on some alcohol products in Australia.
COVID-19 may have all but disappeared from the headlines but the latest data shows a concerning trend.
The announcement of 11 new proposed measures to strengthen plain packaging legislation for tobacco and provisions to update advertising regulation to capture e-cigarettes; a burgeoning risk to public health and a risk to young people in particular.
Ben Cunnington, twice diagnosed with testicular cancer, will next month take on the ultimate golf challenge – The Longest Day – to raise much-needed funds for a cancer-free future.
The Amazing Race Australia 2022 winners Toni Hilland and Heath Curry are putting their best foot forward for people affected by cancer.
Melbourne researchers are exploring whether COVID-19 has any impact on cancer, in a world-first study that could bolster health policies and cancer screening protocols.
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