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in 2016, Breakthroughs, Research, Volunteer News, Women’s cancers.
Queensland researchers are using 3D models to mimic cancer cells in women with aggressive ovarian tumours, in a bid to improve treatment for those diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Cancer Council Queensland has awarded $200,000 of funding over two years to a team of researchers at QUT to target enzymes that cause cancer cells to resist…
How’s your everyday health? We’re asking the big question over at Style Magazines. Read now!
in 2016, General Media Release, Prevention, Research, Sun Smart.
13 February: Valentines Day, avoiding dehydration, Hugh Jackman’s skin cancer scare & running for cancer! Listen to the latest Live Well, Be Well radio podcast with Katie Clift here, and catch up on episodes you may have missed. Live Well, Be Well radio is broadcast across Queensland each Saturday morning on 96Five and 91.9 Fresh…
in 2016, General Media Release, Prevention, Research, Risks, Sun Smart, Support.
The number of cancers diagnosed each year in Queensland has more than tripled in 31 years, from 8274 cases diagnosed in 1982 to 26,335 cases in 2013, new Cancer Council data shows. Cancer Council’s Cancer Research Centre has released 2013 data and trends (the latest available from the Queensland Cancer Registry) for incidence, survival, mortality…
in 2016, General Media Release, Research, Support.
Take the survey online here, now! Public health experts are one step closer in their search for answers to Queensland’s obesity epidemic, following the launch of Queensland’s first population-wide Everyday Health Survey on World Cancer Day (4 February). The Cancer Council survey seeks to evaluate individual diet and lifestyle habits in order to improve community…
More Australians are quitting smoking, rates of overweight and obesity have stabilised and only one in 20 adults are eating enough fruits and vegetables, new figures out today show. The National Health Survey 2014-15, released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, shows national daily smoking rates have dropped by around a third since 2001,…
in 2015, Prevention, Research.
QUT and Cancer Council researchers have endorsed a tool to assess the attitudes of men when it comes to skin checks, helping those most at risk to detect melanoma early. Men 50 years and older are most at risk of being diagnosed with and dying from melanoma, and are the least likely to detect the…
in 2015, Prevention, Research.
Queensland researchers are working to understand the significance of changes in breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 to improve cancer risk predictions. A team of University of Queensland and QIMR Berghofer researchers, funded by Cancer Council Queensland, is aiming to develop clinically useful tools to classify genetic mutations responsible for increasing risks of breast cancer.…
in 2015, Breakthroughs, Research.
In an Australian first, Queensland researchers have estimated the loss of life expectancy for newly diagnosed cancer patients, providing a more complete picture of the potential impacts of the disease. Cancer Council Queensland and QUT research* found, on average, Australians diagnosed with cancer at age 40 faced losing an average of 11.2 years of life…
New research into how and why Queenslanders volunteer may be key to combatting the decline of people who volunteer regularly. Researchers at Cancer Council Queensland and Griffith University have received a $220,000 Australian Research Council grant to improve understanding of motivations for volunteering. Cancer Council Queensland CEO and lead researcher Professor Jeff Dunn AO said…
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