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Call for improved alcohol labelling as new study reveals 'better-for-you' claims may mislead consumers

Tuesday 9 August 2022
Cancer Council Victoria is warning consumers to beware of health-oriented marketing claims for alcohol products, with new research finding alcohol products that feature these claims still tend to be classified as full-strength and just over 10% provide any nutrition information.

Thousands of Victorians join Cancer Council Victoria’s Food Fight

Thursday 14 July 2022

More than 10,000 people and community and health organisations have signed up to support Cancer Council Victoria’s Food Fight, calling to protect children from unhealthy food and drink advertising where they commute, learn, and play.

More men than women in Victoria are living with undetected cancer

Tuesday 14 June 2022
TWO in three missed cancer diagnoses in Victoria are men. The worrying new statistic has been released today during Men’s Health Week, 13-19 June, by the Victorian Cancer Registry (VCR) that collects the world’s most up-to-date cancer incidence and mortality information.

 

Cancer Council welcomes investment in cancer screening, treatment and support in Victorian budget

Wednesday 4 May 2022

Cancer Council Victoria has welcomed a focus on cancer in the state budget.

Food Fight to protect Victorian kids from unhealthy food and drink advertising

Thursday 10 March 2022

Victorian children are being hit by at least 25 unhealthy food and drink ads every day, as Cancer Council Victoria launches Food Fight, a new campaign to protect children from unhealthy food and drink advertising by the processed food industry on public transport and their routes to school.

Thousands of Victorian teens miss out on HPV shots

Friday 4 March 2022

Victorian teenagers are being encouraged to catch-up on their scheduled human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations, with thousands missing out on the vaccine in the last two years due to COVID-19 restrictions.

A bad mix: tobacco and alcohol together increase cancer risk

Thursday 10 February 2022

Individually, tobacco and alcohol cause thousands of cancer diagnoses in Australia each year. But what many aren’t aware of is that for some cancers, the combined effect of alcohol and tobacco is even greater than the sum of their individual effects.

Digital mammograms a step closer to reality to help catch breast cancer

Friday 4 February 2022

Researchers are now a step closer in developing automated life-saving breast cancer risk-prediction tests. These tests could revolutionise how mammography is used to detect the disease earlier, and in more women. 

World-first centre celebrates 10 years of advancing law to fight cancer

Friday 4 February 2022

A decade after launching as the only centre of its kind in the world, the McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer has released its 10-year impact report outlining its contribution to laws that prevent cancer and protect people affected by it.

Concerning decline of cancer diagnoses in Victoria in 2020

Thursday 9 December 2021

Cancer diagnoses in Victoria declined by 7 per cent – or about 2,420 fewer individual diagnoses in 2020 – likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thousands of eligible Victorians missing out on opportunity to self-collect for cervical cancer

Thursday 25 November 2021

New campaign encourages women and people with a cervix to take their health into their own hands

Clinical trials receive $1.5 million boost for Victorians affected by cancer

Wednesday 17 November 2021

Access to Victorian cancer clinical trials will be improved thanks to $1.5 million in grants awarded by Cancer Council Victoria today, including a project to establish the first regional allied health cancer clinical trials unit at Barwon Health.

Doctors.com.au partner with Cancer Council on a mission to save lives

Monday 15 November 2021

Identical twin sisters have teamed their Doctors.com.au platform with Cancer Council Australia on a mission to prevent unnecessary illness and death by reminding people of the need for regular health check-ups and screenings.

The Holland – building more than just homes

Thursday 11 November 2021

The Holland 332 has been designed to give. That means giving families the space they need and the sense of home they are searching

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