The only option for these cancer patients was a surgery with a less than 50 per cent success rate. This is the inside story of an Australian breakthrough that got the world talking.
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Sophia Noelle Thompson thought her headache was due to stress from her school exams. Instead it was hiding a horror disease that could now claim her life at any time.
This could quite literally change the lives of women everywhere
Could it really be one and done?
Three young women under the age of 40 are diagnosed with breast cancer every day. But Aussie researchers are giving hope that this statistic could be changed.
Australia is struggling to fund tests and treatments for breast cancer as insurance is also being refused for those who have the genetic cancer genes.
Angelina Jolie’s breast cancer surgeon has spoken about her nerves before she carried out the Hollywood star’s treatment and urged women to take some vital steps towards prevention.
Bowel cancer rates are surging in those aged under 50 and new draft guidelines are calling for the national screening program to start years earlier. See what it means for you.
Australians will be screened for lung cancer every two years under a new world first cancer prevention program expected to save 12,000 lives. Who is eligible?
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