General information, events, fundraising, support and research
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
Distress Screening has been acknowledged as a way of ensuring holistic support for people affected by cancer.
Five health services across regional Victoria have participated in the Telehealth for Supportive Survivorship Care project to offer a survivorship assessment with exercise, education and wellness components.
Patients and clinicians are encouraged to join our free webinar on Tuesday 28 August at 6pm to get a better understanding of why clinical trials are important and what it means to get involved.
Thanks to improvements and breakthroughs in cancer prevention, screening and treatment, 61,000 Australian lives have been saved through fundraisers like Daffodil Day.
Bowel cancer screening public education campaigns could prevent more than 1000 Victorians from dying from bowel cancer and almost 2000 bowel cancer cases, if the campaign is sustained over four years, according to new analysis reported by Cancer Council Victoria.
More than 20 leading health and community groups have united to commit to reducing Victoria’s daily smoking rate and they’re urging other organisations including all political parties to get on board.
A new survey from Cancer Council Victoria has revealed concerning gaps in smokers’ awareness of 23 of the health harms associated with smoking.
A long-awaited decision by the World Trade Organization (WTO) panel hearing the challenge to Australia’s tobacco plain packaging laws has been released today, finding in favour of Australia and dismissing the claims brought by Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Indonesia.
New research has found that smoking costs the Victorian economy approx. $3.7b per year in tangible costs.
One carton of flavoured milk – the well-known tradie morning tea staple – could contain nearly as much sugar as half a packet of lollies, according to a new analysis from LiveLighter.
5,000 Victorian lives could be saved and 6,500 cases of cancer avoided over five years if there was increased effort to prevent cancer.
An emotional anti-smoking campaign, showing the debilitating suffering stroke can inflict is being launched today, World No Tobacco Day, by Quit Victoria and Stroke Foundation.
Quit Victoria and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) are launching a new free training session for pharmacists in Victoria to help their patients quit smoking.
Quit Victoria and its Aboriginal Quitline service are once again partnering with The Long Walk to sponsor the ‘We Walk Together’ event on Saturday 2nd June 2018.
A 2017 Cancer Council Victoria media campaign has led to approximately 12,500 extra Victorians screening for bowel cancer and potentially saved hundreds of lives.
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