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Latest news: Cancer
Nation-first living lab ready to tackle deadly cancer
Researchers from across the nation will analyse specimens from men with metastatic prostate cancer, giving them new tools in the fight against the disease.
Nov 22, 2023
Breast cancer cases climb, screening drop over pandemic
Women are being urged to take their health seriously as rates of breast cancer increase, with many having skipped free mammograms during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sep 30, 2023
Melanoma expert 'patient zero' in brain cancer fight
A leading pathologist fighting incurable brain cancer has trialled a personalised vaccine that could become the new frontier in treating the disease.
Sep 20, 2023
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Roundup blamed for cancer pain in landmark class action
A lengthy class action to determine whether a weed killer contains a human carcinogenic has begun in the Federal Court of Australia.
Sep 04, 2023
Blood cancer drug could replace lifelong HIV medication
An existing blood cancer drug has shown promise in killing ‘silent’ HIV cells and delaying reinfections, with a clinical trial to begin next year.
Aug 30, 2023
Music legend John Farnham receives cancer 'all clear'
Music legend John Farnham has revealed he is clear of cancer and thanked supporters in a message 12 months on from a major surgery.
Aug 22, 2023
Firefighters' compo laws expanded to include 20 cancers
Western Australia's government has announced presumptive laws will be expanded to allow firefighters to be compensated if they develop eight additional cancers.
Aug 05, 2023
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Firefighters join Greens to back cancer compo expansion
Victorian firefighters are backing a Greens pitch to expand the state's presumptive cancer scheme to bring it up to par with federal laws.
Aug 02, 2023
National genome screening fast-tracks cancer treatment
More than 20,000 Australians living with cancer will receive cutting-edge screening intended to link them to life-saving trials and treatments.
Jul 26, 2023
Woman gets cancer from husband's asbestos-laden clothes
The family of a woman who contracted cancer after inhaling asbestos dust and fibre present on her husband's work clothes has been awarded more than $600,000.
Jul 21, 2023
Heat disrupts cancer tests for a million rural Aussies
Bowel cancer screening kits cannot be used when temperatures rise above 30.5C, sparking calls for targeted rural health campaigns during winter.
Jul 20, 2023
Visa overstayer secretly buried amid prosecution fears
A coroner could not determine what health issue killed a Malaysian woman who overstayed her visa and whose body was found buried on a Tasmanian property.
Jun 29, 2023
Union blasts limited expansion of firies cancer compo
A move to include cervical, ovarian and uterine cancers in Victoria's presumptive compensation scheme for firefighters has no substance, the state union says.
Jun 09, 2023
Cancer compensation push to cover women firefighters
The expansion of Victoria's presumptive firefighter cancer scheme appears to be imminent amid a renewed push to include forms of the disease specific to women.
Jun 07, 2023
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Cancer return prompts Mangakahia basketball retirement
Sydney Flames' Tiana Mangakahia has announced her retirement as a basketball player, pledging to live life to the max as she battles a fresh cancer diagnosis.
Jun 05, 2023
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