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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.

News: New research highlights importance of screening for breast cancer patients

…contact: Cancer Council Queensland Coordinator, PR and Social Media, Erin Saroglia – ErinSaroglia@cancerqld.org.au | 0498 018 419 or 3634 5211 Cancer Council Queensland Senior Coordinator, PR and Social Media, Grace Lingard – GraceLingard@cancerqld.org.au | 0447 193 468 or 3634 5112…

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…

News: World Cancer Day: Volunteers Can

World Cancer Day aims to raise awareness by uniting and mobilising people the world over in the fight against cancer. The 2016 theme is “We can. I can.” – highlighting that we all have a role to play in cancer…

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…

Research snapshot – Early diagnosis and cancer deaths Yu 2022

…been diagnosed at advanced stage. Of the approximately 30,000 solid cancers diagnosed per year between 2005 and 2014, it is estimated that if the advanced stage cancers had instead been diagnosed at a regional stage (cancer that has spread to…

life-limiting illness

When an illness is unlikely to be cured and will cause death at some stage in the future. A person with a life-limiting illness may live for weeks, months or even years.

primary cancer

The original cancer. Cells from the primary cancer may break away and be carried to other parts of the body, where secondary cancers may form….

News: Cancer Council Queensland urges women to prioritise health to reduce burden of women’s cancers

…cancers make up 75 per cent of women’s cancer cases, followed by uterine cancer at 11 per cent, ovarian cancer at seven per cent and cervical cancer at five per cent. “The good news is over the past 20 years…