Search: Breast Cancer

lumpectomy

The removal of part of the breast. Also called breast conserving surgery.

Research snapshot – Psychosocial interventions and cancer-related fatigue Abrahams 2020

breast cancer and men with non-metastatic prostate cancer. The effect of psychosocial interventions on cancer-related fatigue was not associated with sociodemographic or clinical characteristics, or with the extent of symptoms (fatigue, pain) prior to intervention. Breast cancer patients with clinically-diagnosed…

News: Cancer Council Queensland expands patient transport service in Brisbane

Cancer Council Queensland has partnered with Icon Cancer Centre to expand its home-to-treatment transport service to include the Moreton Bay region. The Transport to Treatment service, which currently operates in inner-city Brisbane, will now transport eligible cancer patients from their…

Latest cancer statistics

…An online data dissemination tool that provides the latest available statistics on cancer incidence, mortality, survival and prevalence for the most common cancers in Queensland. Access QCSOL Australian Childhood Cancer Statistics Online Australian Childhood Cancer Statistics Online provides recent incidence,…

non-epithelial ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer that does not start in the lining of the ovary. Types include germ cell ovarian cancer and sex-cord stromal cancer….

cancer of unknown primary

Cancer is found in the body but the location where the cancer first started growing (the primary site) cannot be determined. Also called cancer of occult primary.

Skin Cancer

…and basal cell skin cancers are sometimes called nonmelanoma skin cancers. Nonmelanoma skin cancer usually responds to treatment and rarely spreads to other parts of the body. Melanoma is more aggressive than most other types of skin cancer. If it…

News: Cancer Council Queensland welcomes sugary drinks crackdown

…say by completing the survey at www.cancerqld.org.au/everydayhealthsurvey. For more about Cancer Council Queensland visit cancerqld.org.au or phone 13 11 20. ENDS For more information, contact: Laura McKoy, Manager, Public Relations, Cancer Council Queensland P. (07) 3634 5345 or 0409 001…