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Journalist Robyn Riley getting stitches out after having a skin cancer removed from her nose. Story to encourage people to get skin checks. With Dr Brett Archer. Monday, October 24, 2022. Picture: David Crosling

Award-winning journalist: ‘I ignored the cancer staring me in the face’

Walkley award-winning medical editor Robyn Riley is sharing her skin cancer journey to help others amid a sunburn crisis in Australia. WARNING: GRAPHIC

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Eight-year-old Xavier Pudovkin has been battling neuroblastoma since 2021 with his mum Danielle. Picture: Supplied

‘If we run out of funds … he dies’: The real cost of cancer

A mother forced to close her business and spend $1m on her young son’s cancer treatment reveals the devastating financial toll this insidious illness has on young Australian families.

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Tamas Szabo with his family. Picture: Supplied

CEO feared he wouldn’t see kids grow up after shock diagnosis

Diagnosed with prostate cancer at just 42, CEO Tamas Szabo feared he wouldn’t see his children grow up. Now he’s fighting to save other young men.

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Melbourne's Maya Mackey, 26, had skin cancer when she was 24-year-olds. Getting ready for stitches to be removed Picture: Supplied

‘I thought it would heal’: the skin cancer sign Maya nearly missed

Maya was just 24 when she was diagnosed with skin cancer, and she has a message for tanning obsessed teens who think the sun won’t hurt them.

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Alisha Wintour who will have a pay cut of $30,000 if government continues with the proposal to cut wages of radiation clinicians and nuclear scientists, pictured at home with her children. Picture Lachie Millard

‘We are not easily replaced’: Medics walk as $30k bonus cut

Cancer treatment specialists have threatened to quit Queensland after the state government moved to cut bonuses up to $30,000.

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Joy Davies has survived melanoma - she's now supporting the launch of a national skin cancer tracker. Picture: Alison Wynd

Why I didn’t realise I had a melanoma on my neck

Joy Davis noticed something on her neck and went on holiday for five weeks. What she didn’t realise was the delay was risking her life.

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Generic photo to illustrate breast exam for breast cancer. Picture: iStock

World-first scanner can see breast cancer years before it develops

A world-first breast cancer scanner arriving in Brisbane next year can detect deadly warning signs up to four years before cancer develops.

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Carrie Bickmore launches her latest beanies for brain cancer charity fundraiser.Picture: Instagram

Melbourne launches Australia’s ‘boldest’ approach to treating deadly incurable cancer

Local patients will get access to cutting-edge treatments in an Australian-first program by 2027 — and if you’ve ever bought one of Carrie’s beanies, you’ve played a role.

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** National Health pillar request so will be added to the health module ** Brisbane woman Nicola Du Thaler shares her journey as a two-time cancer survivor, raising awareness for a little-known cancer. Picture: Nigel Hallett

Nicola noticed itchy, angry bumps. It was a cancer that’s on the rise

Treatment for this little-known disease, that affects women and is on the rise, can be “incredibly harsh”. Nicola’s journey started after noticing itchy and angry bumps.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 13: Alea O'Shea attends the Sydney premiere of

Aussie actress reveals devastating health news

Former Home and Away actress and social media star Alea O’Shea has shared a heartbreaking update about her health.

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Melbourne man Ralph Markhamâs life was transformed by love, and later, by a devastating cancer diagnosis.Â Now, he is hoping new therapies will give him more time with his wife Cathy and their blended family.

‘Chance’: Man’s hope with $440k cancer drug

When a Melbourne man first reconnected with his teenage crush online, he never imagined their story would lead to a fight for his life against an aggressive blood cancer.

EMBARGO 00:05 Friday 28 November 2025 Shauna Kavanagh with daughter Harper 2.5 yrs. case study for new discovery by Melbourne researchers that will lead to new treatments for solid cancers such as bowel cancer (which is what Shauna had, but she is now cancer free). Harper was born through IVF and surrogate. Pictured at home in South Yarra. Picture: Jason Edwards

Weight loss was my first sign of bowel cancer. This gives me hope

Shauna’s first symptom of bowel cancer in her early 30s was unexplained weight loss at a time she was undergoing IVF. Now, a new discovery may revolutionise treatment.

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MELBOURNE, NOVEMBER 19, 2025: L to R Toni Holland, Sam Tweedale, Dr Ilana Galgut, Emily Harrison and Jessica Giampetrone have metastatic breast cancer and are speaking out ahead of a new report coming out Thursday 27 November. Picture: Mark Stewart

Shocking number of Aussies living with this cancer revealed

The true number of Australians living with this kind of cancer is double what was previously estimated, showing urgent need for reform of the health system.

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Peta Stephenson was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer in October 2025. Picture: GoFundMe.

‘My breast screen was clear, a year later I had cancer in my bones’

A clinical psychologist has been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer and she desperately wants to spread a message about how tissue density can affect screenings.

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