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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 and Quit Victoria have today welcomed Canada’s adoption of new national regulations for tobacco plain packaging, with Canada the 14th country in the world to pass the life-saving laws.
We aim to minimise the impact of cancer for Victorians through information and support for patients and families, and by working with others to improve cancer outcomes.
Cancer Council have launched a $10 million federal Government funded campaign to encourage eligible Australians to take the at-home bowel screening test and increase participation rates from the current average of 4 in 10.
While five-year survival rates for cancers like breast cancer have improved to over 90% thanks to long-term research, there has been little improvement for low-survival cancers.
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Wearable fitness technology could be used to improve the amount of physical activity done by cancer survivors, found researchers from Cancer Council Victoria in new study published in Cancer this week.
Retreat is designed for oncology and palliative care clinicians. Early bird registrations close on Monday 13 May 2019.Date : 20-23 October 2019 Venue: RACV Torquay Resort
Cancer Council Victoria has launched a new campaign to help reduce the impact of bowel cancer by increasing screening in the Sri Lankan, Vietnamese, Indian and Aboriginal communities living in South Eastern Melbourne.
SunSmart has released a new version of its popular mobile app, in time to dispel the myth that sun protection is limited to summer.
Victorian GPs will be able to detect skin cancer earlier, saving local lives and unnecessary procedures, thanks to a SunSmart training program funded by Cancer Council donors and the Victorian Government.
A study aiming to understand how we can harness a particular type of immune cell, termed tissue-resident memory T cells, to generate long-term benefit in the treatment of melanoma.
Australia’s first major national campaign promoting bowel cancer screening launches.
A ground-breaking study in oesophageal cancer patients trialling new blood tests (liquid biopsies) to identify the extent of disease and how likely a patient is to respond to treatment is one of three new research projects into low survival cancers announced today thanks to funding from the Victorian Government.
A graphic new campaign that outlines how alcohol makes its way through the body, damaging the healthy cells it passes along the way, aims to highlight the devastating link between alcohol and cancer to help Australians make more informed decisions about what they drink.
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