Cancer

The CEO of Cancer Council Professor Tanya Buchanan has urged Australians to be sun smart, saying men over the age of 40 are more likely to die from melanoma than women.

New research reveals men over the age of 40 are 2.5 times more likely to die from melanoma than women of the same age.

The social media post featured the couple on holiday in various exotic locations and candid moments between the pair.

Three women diagnosed with breast cancer in a small Western Australian town are among those calling for more screening as more than 100 strip off their shirts in a statement of solidarity.

Casey McIntyre tells social media followers in a posthumous message she arranged to buy the medical debt of others as a way of celebrating her life.

Debunking myths and common misconceptions around people who are unemployed long-term.

More than 1,800 Australians lose their battle with brain cancer each year, as advocates decry a survival rate which hasn't budged in 30 years.

The chair of Brain Tumour Alliance Australia Craig Cardinal has called more funding as the mortality rate of brain cancer changed little in the past three decades.

A Canberra woman says she was wrongly given just months to live due to a misdiagnosis. She's now advocating to give her little-known cancer more recognition.

Neuroendocrine cancer affects around 25,000 Australians and is more common than ovarian and brain cancer. With symptoms like bloating, fatigue and abdominal pain it is easy for the cancer to go undetected.

The star had been diagnosed with brain cancer for a second time, and was surrounded by his partner and family when he died, a message posted on Instagram says.

Patricia Meehan's surgeon kept saying there was nothing wrong, but another doctor diagnosed her with neuroendocrine tumours. Experts say the disease is commonly missed, and better doctor education is needed.

There are no PET scanners available in Eustie King's central Queensland home town. He says regular long-distance travel is taking a toll as he fights two types of cancer.

The one-year-old's father and a national charity are calling for more research funding for neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer that leaves many children with permanent side effects from treatment.

Cancer survival rates in Australia are some of the highest in the world, but many people, including Indigenous Australians and those living in regional areas, are falling far behind.

Residents of developed countries spend an average of nine-to-10 hours sitting everyday and a sedentary lifestyle is linked to earlier death. But what if just 22 minutes of exercise a day could lower the risk? 

Australians with terminal illnesses are being left in limbo as state governments and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) battle over who should fund their disability supports.

Lee-Ann Lovegrove's cancer story started when she was just 11. Now 47, the central Queensland woman says she is living proof that a positive mind and body can help combat disease.

With the Royal Children's Hospital her only option, the seven-year-old leukaemia patient from Mildura has made half a dozen long-haul trips to Melbourne this year. 

Anya Zuber was cleared from chemotherapy in 2020 at the age of 19 but just 10 days later she was dead. Her family and community have since raised nearly $700,000 for research to help other young people like her. 

Seven people have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer after Albury Wodonga health authorities conducted nearly 1,100 repeat colonoscopies for patients who received defective treatment from surgeon Dr Liu-Ming Schmidt.

Jim Mills spent his final days battling bureaucracy — now his family wants to make sure no-one else falls through the cracks.

Katrina Reed says her fight with cervical cancer exposes the hidden financial costs for patients and their families in Australia's health system.

While there is no cure for breast cancer, experts say medical advances are allowing patients to live longer and enjoy a better quality of life.

The state's Department of Health says testing shows the cancer rate in the Shire of Murray is similar to the rest of regional WA, after concerns dust and heavy metals from the refinery were making people sick.