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Health Professional Cancer Network
Health professionals play a key role in cancer control through cancer prevention, early detection, cancer diagnosis and treatment, survivorship and palliative care. Cancer Council Queensland aims to reduce the incidence of cancer, to diagnose cancer early, and enhance the standard of care for people impacted by cancer by engaging with health professionals and providing access to information and educational opportunities.
…end of life. For more information, please contact healthpros@cancerqld.org.au. Register for the Health Professional Cancer Network Have you or someone you love been touched by cancer? Help us give hope to Queenslanders affected by cancer by sharing your story. Stories…
superficial skin cancer
Cancer that only affects cells on the surface of the top layer of the skin. Not invasive….
Childhood Cancer
…recurrence. Childhood cancer staging for population registries (PDF) Five-year relative survival by stage at diagnosis for childhood cancers Distribution of childhood cancer stage Late effects of childhood cancer Survivors of childhood cancer are at high risk of adverse long-term health…
Research snapshot – Avoidable cancer deaths due to better cancer survival Dasgupta 2020
…cancer patients. What is new? A study has been conducted involving more than 2 million Australians diagnosed with an invasive cancer. This study calculated the ‘avoided cancer deaths’ (reduced number of cancer deaths within ten years of diagnosis due to…
Research snapshot – Cancer in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children Youlden 2021
…increase in the incidence rate of cancer amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (compared to 12% for other Australian children). However, because cancer incidence was initially much lower among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, their rate of cancer…
Request for Cancer Support
Cancer Support – Health professionals’ online request Cancer Support Cancer Council Queensland’s Cancer Support Services aim to assist Queenslanders affected by a diagnosis of cancer through the provision of information, emotional and practical support. Submitting a request for cancer support…
Research snapshot – Second primary cancer in AYA cancer survivors Youlden 2022
…particularly important for both AYA cancer survivors and their clinicians. Contact: A/Prof Danny Youlden Reference: Youlden DR, Roder DM, Walker R, Bradford NK, Aitkin JF. Second primary cancers following cancer among adolescents and young adults in Queensland, Australia, 1982-2013. 2022….
Research snapshot – Non-cancer mortality among survivors of childhood cancer Youlden 2021
…first national study in Australia of deaths due to noncancer diseases among five-year survivors of childhood cancer, showing that they experienced more than a four-fold increased risk of noncancer disease-related death compared to people who did not experience childhood cancer…
News: Regional cancer patients are being short changed: Cancer Council calls on State Government to take action
Cancer Council Queensland has called on the State Government to overhaul the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme, following a scathing report by the Queensland Ombudsman. Cancer Council CEO, Ms Chris McMillan, said hundreds of cancer patients were being short-changed by the…