…the main symptoms may be coming from the liver. Each cancer is very different in how it is diagnosed and treated. This specific information can be found in our cancer types section. For more information about cancer call Cancer Council…

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…

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…

…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…

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….

A rare cancer that occurs in the small bowel. Also called small intestine cancer….

…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…

…the clear potential to inform and track the success of interventions targeting improved diagnosis and survival for children with cancer.” Currently, funded by Cancer Australia through the Australian Government’s Fighting Childhood Cancer Measure, Cancer Council Queensland is collecting cancer stage…

…is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. More information about Cancer Council Queensland is available via 13 11 20 or cancerqld.org.au. **BreastScreen Australia participation rates by PHN for women aged…

…confidential support and referrals. More information about Cancer Council Queensland is available at www.cancerqld.org.au. Ms Chris McMillan CEO, Cancer Council Queensland For more information or interviews, please contact: Laura McKoy, Media Manager, Cancer Council Queensland Phone: (07) 3634 5345 Mobile:…