Cancer Council Queensland is helping Queenslanders stay healthy in the lead up to the festive season by feasting to feel good, rather than full or fatigued. The Health of Queenslanders Report 2014* branded Queensland as the heaviest state in Australia – an undesirable claim to fame – but an issue that could be improved through…

New figures show more than half of all Queensland kids will suffer from sunburn this year, prompting the Cancer Council to call for parents to get serious about sun protection. The latest statistics* show 54 per cent of Queensland children aged 5 to 17 are sunburnt annually – about five per cent receive a sunburn…

New Cancer Council data has found a fivefold increase in rates of thyroid during the past 30 years in Queensland, with nearly 500 Queenslanders diagnosed in 2012* compared to less than 50 diagnoses in 1982. The figures show the rate of thyroid cancer in males is rising, with early evidence the rate among females is…

Cancer is an environmental disease mainly caused by avoidable lifestyle factors, according to the latest evidence released today at the World Cancer Congress in Melbourne. The findings, published by the Union for International Cancer Control and American Cancer Society in an update of the world Cancer Atlas, suggest cancer is more often caused by the…

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…

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…

Coles supermarkets and Coles Express are celebrating a record-breaking fundraising effort after raising their greatest amount ever, more than $2.8 million nationally for this year’s Daffodil Day campaign. In Queensland alone, Coles supermarkets and Coles Express customers helped to raise a blooming $487,306 throughout the Cancer Council campaign in August. Over the past 19 years,…

Cancer Council is urging all Queenslanders to stay SunSmart and prioritise their health as a spring heatwave hits, with temperatures expected to reach 43 degrees in some parts of the state this weekend. Temperatures are set to reach an unseasonal 31 degrees on Saturday and Sunday in Brisbane, a top of 34 on Monday and…