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Blog: Cancer Council Queensland announces the next round of $4 million cancer research funding

cancer research in areas of need Develop the capacity of high-quality cancer research groups in Queensland. To find out more about the latest cancer research projects conducted and funded by Cancer Council Queensland, click here. Cancer Council Queensland is an…

News: Cancer Council Queensland committed to supporting cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic

…well-being of cancer patients and their carers. Cancer Council Queensland’s Cancer Counselling Service has been providing telephone counselling to people affected by a cancer diagnosis, their family and friends since 2004 and telephone counselling remains an integral part of our…

News: Cancer Council launches first Atlas of Women’s Cancer in Queensland

A simple text message will allow Queensland women to determine their risk of cancer from today, as Cancer Council launches the first Atlas of Women’s Cancer in Queensland on Pink Ribbon Day. Cancer Council Queensland’s Cancer Research Centre launched the…

invasive cervical cancer

Cervical cancer that has spread deep into tissues at the primary site (cervix), and/or to other parts of the body.

Research snapshot – Lung cancer in Australian children Youlden 2020

…possible risk factors, which at present remain largely unknown. Contact: Danny Youlden Reference: Youlden DR, Foresto SA, Aitken JF. Primary malignant lung tumors in children: a report from the Australian Childhood Cancer Registry, 1983-2015. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2020; 55(3):719-722. Read more

Research snapshot – Childhood renal tumours in Australia Jones 2020

…BC, Youlden DR, Cundy TP, O’Callaghan ME, Karpelowsky J, Aitken JF, McBride CA. Renal tumours in Australian children: thirty years of incidence, outcome, and second primary malignancy data from the Australian Childhood Cancer Registry. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health….

Research snapshot – Trends in adult liver cancers Dasgupta 2020

What is known? Primary liver cancer is a leading source of cancer deaths globally and is associated with poor survival. The key cause of liver cancer is viral hepatitis B infection in Asia and other developing countries, and viral hepatitis…

bowel cancer

Cancer of the large bowel; also known as colorectal cancer, colon cancer or rectal cancer.