Cervical Screening Program: your questions answered
April 17, 2018
By Cancer Council Queensland CEO Chris McMillan If you have a cervix – this is... View More
April 17, 2018
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October 4, 2017
Cervical cancer survivor opens up to help Queensland women
October 4, 2017
“Cancer was the last thing on my mind, but then I started bleeding irregularly... View More
July 3, 2017
Queensland women failing to take part in recommended screening programs
July 3, 2017
Around half of all eligible Queensland women fail to participate in recommended ... View More
Progress on cervical cancer stalls in Queensland
For the first time in more than three decades, incidence rates of cervical cancer have stalled in Queensland – prompting Cancer Council to issue an urgent warning to Queensland women. Rates of the deadly disease have consistently decreased since 1982, when records began, but have now flattened. The data has been published by Cancer Council’s…
Queensland records second lowest rate of cervical screening
Only about half of all eligible women in Queensland get regular pap smears – the second lowest rate in the country, new national figures show. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare issued the latest participation rates for the National Cervical Screening Program (2014/2015) today. The Queensland rate of participation for 2014/15 was just 54.5…
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