Draft guidelines for Australia released at World Cancer Congress 2014 World Cancer Congress. Melbourne, Australia: Leading Australian cancer agencies are seeking community and professional input into draft clinical practice guidelines aimed at maximising the benefits and minimising the harms of use of the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer. Released today for public…
Cancer Council Queensland CEO, Professor Jeff Dunn AO, has been appointed to the Board of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). Professor Dunn was elected a Director by international colleagues at the UICC General Assembly and World Cancer Congress in Melbourne. CEO of the UICC, Mr Cary Adams, congratulated Jeff on the appointment. “UICC…
Queensland has become the first jurisdiction in the world to subject e-cigarettes to the same laws as tobacco cigarettes. Parliament last night passed a Bill which will prevent big tobacco from marketing the unproven product. The amendments to the Tobacco Act will become effective from 1 January 2015, and will ensure the same restrictions on…
in 2014, Prevention.
Cancer Council Queensland is urging schoolies to Slip, Slop, and Slap each other, to prevent sunburn and skin cancer death. Research shows young people have among the highest rates of sunburn in Queensland. New figures show almost 65 per cent of Queenslanders aged 16-17 and 72 per cent aged 18-24 were sunburnt in the past…
in 2014.
Uniform statewide smoke free spaces are one step closer for Queensland, following a Parliamentary Committee’s recommendation in response to calls from Cancer Council Queensland. Queensland Parliament’s Health and Community Services Committee handed down its report last Tuesday, recommending statewide smoking bans at public transport waiting points and pedestrian malls. Yesterday, the Health Minister agreed councils…
in 2014, Prevention.
Despite the healthier attitude, the survey showed an urgent need for improvement in the uptake of sun protective behaviours among Australians aged 12-17 years. The report revealed around 23 per cent of Australian teens still get sunburnt on summer weekends, similar to numbers reported a decade ago in 2003/04. Cancer Council Queensland spokesperson Katie Clift…
Queensland has claimed the title of the heaviest state in Australia, with one quarter of all deaths directly or indirectly linked to diet, the 2014 The Health of Queenslanders Report* has revealed. Cancer Council Queensland has backed calls from the Chief Health Officer for Queenslanders to get moving, bin the junk food and make better…
New research shows Queenslanders with the world’s deadliest skin cancer are diagnosed with more than double the expected number of subsequent primary cancers, including melanoma, lip, prostate, colorectal and lung cancers. Queensland has at least double the rates of Merkel cell carcinoma on record – yet many Queenslanders are unaware the rare cancer even exists.…
Cancer Council Queensland is warning against a third wave of deadly asbestos-related disease, urging DIY renovators to access an online safety course to reduce their risk. Cancer Council and the Department of Health in WA have authored an online education course to remind Queenslanders about the dangers of asbestos, and to teach home renovators how…
in 2014, Children’s cancers.
An investigation by Cancer Council Queensland has revealed a 129 per cent increase in obesity-related cancers in young Queenslanders over a 30 year period. From 1982 (when cancer records commenced) to 2012, obesity-related cancers increased by 2.8 per cent each year in Queenslanders aged 20 to 29 years. Overweight and obesity increases the risk of…
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