2014

Hodgkin’s lymphoma breakthrough leads to better treatment

Queensland research into Hodgkin’s lymphoma has discovered a way to help individualise cancer treatment for each patient, with potential to improve survival and prevent side-effects for a range of cancers. For the first time, Cancer Council Queensland Clinical Fellow Professor Maher Gandhi and researchers at the Translational Research Institute and PA Hospital have identified molecules,…

Hodgkin’s lymphoma breakthrough leads to better treatment

Queensland research into Hodgkin’s lymphoma has discovered a way to help individualise cancer treatment for each patient, with potential to improve survival and prevent side-effects for a range of cancers. For the first time, Cancer Council Queensland Clinical Fellow Professor Maher Gandhi and researchers at the Translational Research Institute and PA Hospital have identified molecules,…

We’re halfway – cheers to no beers for Dry July!

Cheers Dry July-ers – you’re halfway through a month of no booze for your health! Cancer Council is toasting the commitment of thousands of Queenslanders to feel great and look good, while raising vital funds to support adults living with cancer this July. Dry July invites Aussies to give up alcohol for a month –…

Make a date this Daffodil Day – wear a pin and show you care!

Every day in Australia, around 350 people are told they have a life-threatening cancer and sadly more than 115 people die of the disease. Cancer Council Queensland is calling on locals to make a date this Daffodil Day (August 22) to brighten the lives of Queenslanders impacted by cancer. This year, Cancer Council Queensland hopes…

Five stars from Queensland for new front-of-pack labelling

Cancer Council has urged the state’s food manufacturers to abandon the daily intake guide and adopt Health Star Ratings, congratulating the Queensland Government for voting with other state and federal ministers to reinstate the scheme today. The Health Star Rating Scheme features ratings from half a star up to five stars and includes nutritional information…

Queenslanders need to be more mindful eaters: Cancer Council

Cancer Council Queensland is calling on Queenslanders to practice more mindful eating to help curb rising rates of obesity and overweight. The call follows new research revealing many Queenslanders eat mindlessly, endangering their health. Nearly two-thirds of Queenslanders eat dinner in front of the TV at least five times a week, one in three Queenslanders…

Queenslanders bowling out on bowel cancer test: We must do better

Queenslanders over the age of 50 are risking their lives rather than taking a simple bowel cancer screening test, with a report released today finding 643,000 Australians threw away a free National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kit in 2012-13. The findings have prompted Cancer Council Queensland to renew its call for all eligible Queenslanders to…

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