Cancer stories and news

It’s normal to feel uncertain about what happens after a cancer diagnosis. To help, we’ve developed the What to Expect guides for 19 different cancer types. Each guide covers all expected stages of cancer care from diagnosis to treatment and living with cancer.

Our nurses are here to answer any questions you have about cancer. When you call 13 11 20, there is always an understanding person ready to help you with information and support. Hear from our newest team members Kara, Nikki and Kate.

Find out about upcoming cancer education programs held around Victoria. Read on if interested in joining the 20th anniversary of Murrumbeena Relay For Life or participating in a community panel to help better understand the public view on end-of-life and palliative care.

This will be the second year Bree and her sister Brittany will be hosting a Girls’ Night In in honour of their mother, grandmother, and aunty, who have all been touched by breast cancer.

After six weeks of severe knee pain, numerous visits to the doctor and tests, Kristy was told the news. She had a tumour the size of a brick on the base of her spine, and it was pressing on her nerve endings.

This family’s journey with cancer began in 2011, when Mary Jo started experiencing blurry vision in her left eye.

At three, Stacey was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. For her, chemotherapy was just not an option.

A third of cancers can be prevented with simple lifestyle changes. Get to know the seven healthy habits to make small but significant changes today.

Discoveries in immunotherapy are offering some patients alternative treatments to chemotherapy and radiation.

Handheld skin microscopes and training will be rolled out to Victorian GPs from October thanks to The Longest Day of Golf participants.

Research shows that being open and honest with children is one of the best ways to help them.

It’s with deep sadness that we share the passing of the courageous and generous Rachael to bowel cancer on 19 August 2018.

Exercise has many general benefits for our physical and mental wellbeing, but it can be challenging to try and keep active after completing cancer treatment. Residents in the Grampians and Hume regions had an opportunity to participate in a survivorship program combining exercise, education and wellness; the results so far have been positive.

Understanding Changes in Thinking and Memory is a new factsheet created for people affected by cancer. Hear from Naveena about her experience, including practical tips for friends and family. Naveena shares what helped her to work around changes in her life and to feel more in control.