‘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”.
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”.
AKA ‘chocolate cysts’
What has sparked the change?
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.
Know the symptoms
Early detection has 100 per cent survival rate
“I’m taking this as a real gift”
Experts say it’s a global crisis
It’s a health condition that has been shrouded in shame and dismissed by medicos for hundreds of years, and major changes to the health system are needed to give sufferers a fair go.
It is the second most common cancer in Australian men
Laura’s life has been turned upside down
Help is available, but it’s not easy to find
How you store SPF matters
Physical activity helps patients
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