Slip, Slop, Slap with the help of an app this summer – smartphones may very well be the newest weapon in the fight against skin cancer, following the 2014 launch of an improved Cancer Council SunSmart app. Cancer Council’s updated SunSmart app has already been downloaded more than 140,000 times this month, and as well…

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…

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…

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…

James Cook University researchers have found lengthening school uniforms would give students much greater protection from skin cancer. The study shows lengthening school shorts, skirts and sleeves just a small amount or choosing loose-fitting garments to cover more skin could significantly reduce the risk of skin cancer. A study led by doctoral student, Denise Turner…

Queensland researchers are working to develop a painless prostate cancer test that could help to differentiate between aggressive tumours and tumours that pose no danger to health. Funded by Cancer Council Queensland, the innovative University of Queensland study, led by Dr Matthew Roberts, is examining naturally-produced body fluids to try and find a more effective…

Cancer Council has backed an Australian-first trial announced by BreastScreen Queensland today, involving more than 2000 women who have been pre-booked for free mammographic screening. Letters have been sent to a selection of Queensland women, notifying them of their pre-booked appointment time at a mobile van or BreastScreen Service Centre, using the latest digital mammography…

Cancer Council has encouraged the State Government to ban the private possession and use of solariums in Queensland, following the release of data showing that 111 tanning beds were advertised online for sale in Queensland between October 2012 and October 2013. A full ban on commercial solaria will take effect on December 31, 2014, but…

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,…

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 –…