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The photograph of Catherine, Princess of Wales was released ahead of World Cancer Day.

Princess of Wales shares new photo taken by Prince Louis for World Cancer Day

The photograph was taken by the six-year-old during a family outing in Windsor.

  • Hannah Furness

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Belle Gibson, creator of the app The Whole Pantry

Two young reporters uncovered Belle Gibson’s cancer con. Here’s what really happened

Netflix is about to roll out a new series on the cancer scammer, and the whole thing is based on the work of two reporters at The Age.

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Playing fraudster Belle Gibson ‘felt like a calling’ for Kaitlyn Dever

For many young actors, the chance to portray cancer “survivor” Belle Gibson would hold great appeal. And for the 28-year-old, the role was also deeply personal.

  • Steve Dow
The author in intensive care in March 2020 following the first of multiple major surgeries.

Like many busy mums, I loved bacon and ham. Were they linked to my stage-four cancer?

Processed meats are baked into Australia’s culinary culture. They’re also linked to sky-high rates of cancer. Why do we still eat them so voraciously?

  • Lucie Morris-Marr

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The warning signs for anal cancer are often ignored until it’s too late.

The bottom line is that we need to open up about our bums

As one of Australia’s few specialists in the area of anal cancer, I know how embarrassment and shame about this most intimate part of our bodies has real-life consequences.

  • Richard Hillman
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Kaitlyn Dever as Belle Gibson.

This masthead exposed wellness fraudster Belle Gibson. Now it’s a Netflix show

The full trailer for the hotly anticipated Netflix series has just dropped, showing how journalists exposed the notorious Australian influencer in 2017.

  • Brittany Busch
Catherine, Princess of Wales during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital in London on Tuesday.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, confirms she is in remission from cancer

The palace has never confirmed the type of cancer, how far it had progressed, or what other treatment she was undergoing, beyond chemotherapy.

  • Mark Landler
February next month marks 10 years since Tamara Dawson was diagnosed with melanoma.

‘Australia’s national cancer’: Melbourne’s melanoma hotspots

Tamara Dawson was just 36 when she was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma. She says there’s still “so much we’re not doing to reduce the burden of disease”.

  • Hannah Hammoud and Broede Carmody
The University of Newcastle has launched an investigation into research linked to a medicinal cannabis project.

Dying woman and ethical doubts spark probe into cannabis cancer ‘cure’

A research project on a cannabis cancer cure is under investigation amid allegations over ethical approvals and tests being run on a terminally ill woman.

  • Liam Mannix and Clay Lucas

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