Today party politics will be put aside for the sake of charity, the pouring of tea and a bite to eat, with an Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea to be held at Queensland’s Parliament House. Over 30 members of Parliament will attend the event in a show of support for Cancer Council’s lifesaving work in cancer…

As shocking statistics continue to pop up like blisters in the sun, Cancer Council Queensland is warning against sun safety complacency ahead of the Easter break. The latest figures show that around 2.1 million Queensland adults and 394,000 kids get sunburnt every year* and one in 12 Queenslanders will be diagnosed with melanoma by the age of 85.** Cancer…

The countdown to Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is on and Cancer Council Queensland is calling on Queenslanders to cater with a healthy twist! Over 4000 events are expected to be held in the state this year from now until the end of June and if you’re hosting or attending, you’re going to have to think…

Projects with the potential to accelerate the progress of cancer research in Queensland will share in $2.8 million through a new funding opportunity by Cancer Council Queensland. Expressions of interest for Cancer Council Queensland’s Accelerating Collaborative Cancer Research (ACCR) grants are now open. Two ACCR grants will be awarded in 2019. The grants will be…

Letter to the Editor April 5, 2019 Dear Editor, This Sunday is World Health Day – a time to raise awareness about health inequalities across the globe, and right here in Queensland. Celebrated every year on April 7, World Health Day is an initiative driven by the World Health Organisation. This year the theme is Health for…

About 85 per cent of Australian children with blood cancer and 71 per cent of those with solid tumours were diagnosed with lower stage disease, new research has found.  Cancer Council Queensland has published two papers reporting world-leading research on the stage (the extent to which a cancer has spread) at the time of diagnosis, using data from the Australian Childhood Cancer Registry. …

New research led by Cancer Council Queensland and Curtin University has investigated the patterns and trends of a rare group of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN)* for the first time in Australia. The research, published in the American Journal of Hematology **, explored the impact of MPN, which affects more than 5000 people…

Around 27,800 Queenslanders were diagnosed with cancer in 2015, according to the latest statistics, which reveal cancer cases in Queensland have more than tripled in just over three decades.  Cancer Council Queensland’s Viertel Cancer Research Centre has released 2015 data and trends (the latest available from the Queensland Cancer Register) for incidence, survival, mortality and prevalence, providing the latest snapshot of cancer in…

Cancer Council Queensland will today announce a $2 million investment in cancer research projects across Queensland over two years, as it reveals its 2019-2020 research grant recipients. Over the two years, 10 Queensland research teams will receive $200,000 toward their projects. To help improve treatment options and quality of life for cancer patients the research grants will be invested in projects that examine brain cancer cells, cancer vaccines, multi-cancer risk genes, immunotherapy, cell…

Giant mug to travel across state ahead of Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea Cancer Council Queensland is calling on Queenslanders to prepare to pop on the kettle and host an Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea their way this May in support of the one in two people who will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Registrations…