Cancer

This cancer was being missed at the doctors – now that will change

Some people were having multiple visits to GPs before this rare tumour was picked up. But that will now change due to this one thing, which will have a huge impact on healthcare.

Oncologist Professor Sherene Loi from the Peter Mac. Image: Supplied

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‘Exciting result’: New drug helping women beat breast cancer

A new treatment for the most common form of breast cancer has boosted cure rates in a major international trial led by the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

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Fergie’s cancer hell: ‘Like a bomb going off’

Sarah Ferguson has described how she coped after being diagnosed with two cancers in a year, which felt “like a bomb going off in your life”.

Alcohol and drug misuse was the top social policy concern for residents of both Leichhardt and Kennedy electorates, according to a Salvation Army report. Picture: file photo.

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America’s top doc calls for cancer warnings on alcohol

America may introduce warning labels on alcohol after a report attributed 100,000 US cancer cases a year to booze. Find out what cancer you could get and how little you have to drink to risk it.

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MELBOURNE, OCTOBER 24, 2024: Lara Scott, pictured with daughter Elsie, 8 months. Cancer survivor Lara Scott was diagnosed with a rare type of thyroid cancer shortly after her first-baby Ada was born and fought it twice.When she was pregnant with her second daughter, Elsie, in February this year, she felt unwell and went to the emergency department - where she then had a heart attack. She was eventually diagnosed with an extremely rare - and unrelated to her first - type of cancer which impacted her adrenaline levels - causing the heart attack. She would not have bothered to seek help that night if she hadn't been pregnant - she was worried for her baby and feared it was pre-eclampsia. Her baby Elsie saved her life. Picture: Mark Stewart

I fought cancer twice but it was my unborn baby who saved my life

A Melbourne mum has revealed how she was saved from a rare, life-threatening tumour by a twist of fate, saying if she hadn’t been pregnant, she “may not have woken up the next morning”.

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Grayham Bottomley was treated for an enlarged prostate and now problem solved. Grayham on a daily walk with his dog Molly at the park. Picture: David Caird

Why many men suffer this problem in silence

It is a common problem for men that’s under-diagnosed and under-treated, but a new prostate survey has revealed why so many are suffering in silence.

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New research has unlocked a possible breast cancer detection method for pregnant and postpartum women. Image: Pexels

Breast milk could be key to early-stage breast cancer detection

Just a drop could save your life

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Five generations of men in James Murray's family have had prostate cancer: from great-great-grandfather to James. James, 55, with his dad Robert and his son Max, 19. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

The myths stopping blokes from getting a life-saving prostate check

When Robert Murray uniquely chronicled his health woes with what is today known as prostate cancer, he left his family a life-saving gift. More than 170 years later, we bust the myths about prostate screening.

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