Cancer Council is urging all Queenslanders to get their skin checked this summer, with concerns many people don’t know their own skin well enough to spot a change and reduce their risk of cancer. As the weather warms up, Cancer Council is concerned Queenslanders may become complacent or rely on non-GP approved skin checks for…

Women with drug-resistant forms of breast cancer may have new hope in their fight against the disease, thanks to a new drug being developed in Queensland. Pre-clinical trials of the experimental drug, MitoTAM, will begin in a matter of months at Griffith University, with funding from Cancer Council Queensland. Cancer Council Queensland spokesperson Katie Clift…

Cancer Council has raised concern over new figures showing 35 per cent of teenage mothers and 15 per cent of all mothers in Queensland smoke at some point during their pregnancy. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare issued Australia’s Mothers and Babies 2012 report yesterday, revealing 12.5 per cent of women nationally smoked while…

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…

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…

Cancer Council is calling on partners of men with prostate cancer to reach out for support, with research showing partners experience high levels of distress related to the diagnosis of their loved one. Around 36 per cent of female partners of men diagnosed with prostate cancer experience mild to severe anxiety, with the man’s psychological…

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…