‘Look, lift, feel’: Being breast-aware for life Oncoplastic breast surgeon Associate Professor Sanjay Warrier hopes his new campaign will empower younger women to carry out their own examinations.
Streamlined bowel cancer register to commence Support for bowel cancer screening is set to increase through amalgamation with the National Cancer Screening Register.
Changing men’s attitudes to health As Movember gets underway, the campaign is aiming to get men to take more control of their health and visit the GP more often.
Risk of malignancy ‘markedly’ increased after childhood cancer Children who received radiation treatment are nearly 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer as an adult, according to new research.
Career interrupted: When the doctor becomes the patient Dr Karen Woods was working hard to advance in the career she loved – but life doesn’t always go according to plan.
Decision to suspend implants may spark excessive breast cancer concern Concerned women with textured breast implants linked to a rare cancer are likely to seek advice from their GP, an expert has told newsGP.
Time and embarrassment key reasons for low cervical cancer screening New research seeks to shed light on why screening levels are falling.
Breast cancer screening report shows steady participation The latest monitoring report confirms just over half of Australian women aged 50–74 continue to participate in screening programs.
New resource for up-to-date information on endometrial cancer risks It is the fifth most common cancer for women in Australia, but around one third of all endometrial cancer diagnoses are potentially preventable.
Australian patients rank ‘bad luck’ as third leading cause of cancer Despite clear evidence of cancer risk factors, many patients attribute its development to fate.