‘Sold my house’: My $70k cancer bill was free for others
The stories of Graham Page and Ian Hart in South Australia highlight a major failure of our health system which lags the world in funding lifesaving treatments.
Cancer
‘I have cancer but I don’t want to know what stage’
Being told you’re terminal is only scary if you know how long you have left, claims mum Kathryn Simile. After all, “you could be hit by a bus tomorrow”.
Experts are calling for the mammogram screening age to be brought forward
What has sparked the change?
Mum’s health scare: ‘I had no symptoms, but screening saved my life’
A mother of four says her surgeon was ‘truly shocked to see a polyp so big in someone her age’ after she underwent a screening following a family member’s cancer scare.
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I got cancer while waiting for preventive surgery
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The ovarian cancer symptoms your GP may miss
Women under 50 are being urged to be more vigilant for signs of ovarian cancer – the highest cause of cancer deaths in Aussie females. See what to look for.
Could this supermarket drug be the solution to ovarian cancer?
Researchers think yes.
Writer and melanoma awareness advocate Natalie Fornasier has passed away at 28
‘My one goal in life was to love’.
Thanks to self-collection tests, more women are testing for cervical cancer than ever before
Brava ladies, brava.
The deadly cancers you’ve never heard of
These cancers strike more people than breast and prostate cancer and their death toll is higher. See why thousands of Aussies are desperate for answers.
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova faces repeat cancer diagnosis with fighting spirit
‘I’ll fight it with all I’ve got.’
Kirstie Alley’s cause of death has been revealed, and experts warn us to test too
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Mum’s devastating cancer diagnosis while six months pregnant
A Queensland woman was six months pregnant when she received shocking news that turned her world upside down.
Should there be a ‘cancer’ allowance?
The silent struggle facing many cancer patients.
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