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Youth Tobacco Free Day
Young Queenslanders urged to consider the cost of smoking on Friday March 19 for annual Youth Tobacco Free Day Alarmingly approximately 32,000 Queensland school children aged 12 to 17 years admit to smoking each week. Among Australian te...
Young women affected by breast cancer invited to benefit from travel grants
Young women affected by breast cancer invited to benefit from travel grants Twenty young women affected by breast cancer are set to benefit from travel grants to attend the second National Conference for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer, ...
World Cancer Day - Focus on link between infections and cancer
Cancer Council Queensland has joined the International Union Against Cancer’s (UICC) global initiative to call for greater awareness around the contribution of infections to the global cancer burden ‘Cancer can be prevented too’ i...
Unborn babies take first breath of fresh air
Unborn babies take first breath of fresh air May 31, 2010 A new Cancer Council Queensland health program will be the first of its kind in Queensland to focus on reducing smoking during pregnancy among Indigenous women. The launch of the program...
Tis the season to sip for charity... Australia's Biggest Morning Tea
Tea lovers are being called on to register to host a morning tea for Cancer Council Queensland’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea this tea-sipping season. Thursday, May 27 is the official date when tea and scones will be enjoyed across...
Solarium cancer risk confirmed
Cancer Council Queensland has welcomed the release of a new review by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that shows solarium use causes cancer. The review states that both UVB and UVA radiation, which are commonly emitted from so...
Report shows increase in childhood cancer for girls
A new Cancer Council report shows an increase in childhood cancer incidence rates for Australian girls. The report, Childhood cancer incidence in Australia, 1983-2006, observed an ongoing significant increase of 0.9 per cent per year in childhood c...
Queenslanders set to benefit from breast cancer education day
Queenslanders set to benefit from breast cancer education day June 25, 2010 Cancer Council Queensland’s 33rd Annual Oncology Nurses Group Conference will for the first time during its two-day conference dedicate a full-day session to educa...
Queensland researchers use family link to prevent bowel cancer
Queensland researchers use family link to prevent bowel cancer June 8, 2010 Cancer Council Queensland researchers are developing an exciting new trial program, CanPrevent, for the first degree relatives of colorectal (bowel) cancer survivors, to hel...
Palliative care centre nears completion
August 21 2009 Palliative care patients are now one step closer to receiving vital support in Townsville, with Cancer Council Queensland’s Palliative Care Centre nearing completion. The project management and construction team including repre...
New smoking laws welcomed
Cancer Council Queensland has welcomed the Queensland Government’s introduction of tougher anti-tobacco laws today banning smoking in cars carrying children under 16. Spokesperson for Cancer Council Queensland, Anne Savage, said the reforms w...
New booklet boosts cancer support for Indigenous people
Cancer Council Queensland has launched its first resource written in an Indigenous language, to improve cancer support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. The booklet, Wanem Morphine, published in Creole, will help Indigenous Queenslan...
New accommodation planned for cancer patients
Cancer patients in Far North and South West Queensland have celebrated, following the Deputy Premier’s announcement in Parliament that Cancer Council Queensland will receive $100,000 per region in seed funding to develop plans for patient accommo...
New $2 million cancer centre open to public
Cancer Council Queensland has opened the doors to its new $2 million Central Queensland Cancer Support Centre. The centre will provide a home away from home for regional cancer patients who travel to Rockhampton for cancer treatment. ...
It’s not too late to make your cuppa count!
With just seven days to go, Cancer Council Queensland is calling on 1000 more Queenslanders to register to make their cuppas count in the fight against cancer by hosting a Biggest Morning Tea on May 26. This year, Cancer Council Queensland hopes to ...
Incidence of girls cancer on the increase
Queenslanders are being asked to give generously to Cancer Council Queensland’s Christmas appeal, following the release of a Cancer Council Queensland report showing an increase in childhood cancer incidence rates for Australian girls. The re...
Faulty bowel cancer screening test kits - Cancer Council puts it in perspective
Bowel cancer kills more than 4000 Australians every year, yet nearly all cases can be cured if found early. Cancer Council Australia strongly supports the national Bowel Cancer Screening Program and is campaigning for its expansion to cover all Austral...
Enough buts about bowel cancer screening
Enough buts about bowel cancer screening June 3, 2010 Cancer Council Queensland has warned that significant numbers of Queenslanders could be at risk of a late diagnosis of bowel cancer if the Federal Government does not fund a comprehensive nationa...
Coping with Childhood Cancer in the Classroom
Coping with Childhood Cancer in the Classroom Cancer Council Queensland and the Queensland Children’s Cancer Centre (located at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane) are inviting all teachers and school-based guidance officers, counse...
Cancer Council delivers keys to palliative care centre
The Cancer Council Queensland Palliative Care Centre in Townsville is one step closer to comforting terminally ill patients after officially giving the keys to Queensland Health. The handover of keys has enabled Queensland Healt...
Call for a smoke free Queensland on World No Tobacco Day
Call for a smoke free Queensland on World No Tobacco Day May 26, 2010 Councils across Queensland have been urged to create smoke free cities and towns in the lead up to World No Tobacco Day this Monday May 31. Cancer Council Queensland has writt...
Ben Davis gears up for men with cancer this weekend
Ben Davis gears up for men with cancer September 8, 2010 Brisbane sports guru Ben Davis is calling on locals to gear-up for Cancer Council Queensland’s FORMULA RUN this September 19, raising funds for and awareness of men’s cancers durin...
Aussie women handover $15 million in their handbags
Australian women are big spenders when it comes to going out despite the economic downturn, according to a survey conducted by Cancer Council for its annual Girls Night in fundraising initiative. The Girls Night In-dex* found that almost 1 in 2 Aus...
Appeal for lifesaving programs
The Cancer Council is urging Queenslanders to make a donation to their mid-year appeal to help raise $900,000 for cancer research and support services. Appeals Manager for Cancer Council Queensland, Anthony Nowak, said current funding includes a can...
20 new beds for terminally ill North Queenslanders
The new $8 million Cancer Council Queensland Palliative Care Centre will be launched tomorrow in Townsville. The centre, built by the Cancer Council and run by Queensland Health, will immediately boost bed numbers and improve palliative care servic...