2022 winners announced Oncology Nurse of the Year Cancer Council Queensland is proud to announce Cassandra Dickens has been awarded Oncology Nurse of the Year 2022! Category winners Education and Community Cassandra Dickens, Sunshine Coast University Hospital Clinical Care Karen…

Each year, more than 32,000 Queenslanders are diagnosed with cancer. Do you need to talk? Whether you or a loved one has been affected by cancer, you can call our help line on 13 11 20, email us, or…

…improved in Canada and the United States. As a result, rates of five-year survival were comparable at around 80% in all three jurisdictions for children diagnosed from 2005 onwards. What does this mean? More research is needed to determine why…

…to be able to celebrate the last five years of struggles and achievements.” Ms Larsen has been in constant treatments for the last five years and recently found out that her cancer is progressing again. “I am now on the…

…off to an important head-start, with recent data showing rates of obesity have steadied for Queensland adults and children. Importantly, childhood rates of obesity have not increased since 2007/08, although as a community we must do much more if we…

…improving all the time, there are still cancers with low survival rates and limited treatment options. “One Queenslander is still diagnosed with cancer every 20 minutes – more than 27,000 people each year. “Support for Daffodil Day ensures that we’re…

…Queenslanders aged 50 years and older, while breast cancer was the leading cause of death among those aged 35-49 years. “While survival rates are improving, we know that one third of all cancers diagnosed every year can be prevented. “We’re…

Thousands of Australians could be exposed to cancer risks in their workplace, Cancer Council has warned. According to the latest data, about 5000 cases of cancer nationally every year are linked to workplace carcinogens, with an estimated 3.6 million Australians…

  New data shows nearly 55 per cent of adults in Queensland get sunburnt at least once a year, increasing their risk of potentially deadly skin cancer. The latest Preventive Health Survey* shows 54.3 per cent of Queensland locals aged…

Smokers are no longer able to light up within five metres of hospital grounds and school gates thanks to new laws that commenced in Queensland on 1 January 2015. New Year’s Day also saw the start of a world-first law…