There are many out there who work hard, pay the bills, and get to retire still with many years ahead and relatively good health. But there are also many Australians who are not quite as fortunate.
Read more arrow_forwardIn 2017, after having received a misdiagnosis many years prior, Patrick was given the news that he had an incredibly rare form of sarcoma cancer.
Read more arrow_forwardLife is challenging for many right now – the pandemic has not only brought about great uncertainty but has also impacted many people’s lives, whether it be work and finances, separation from loved ones, physical isolation, juggling the usual...
Read more arrow_forwardWhile mammograms have become routine aspects of life, rarely is anyone ready for an upsetting result. In 2012, when Simone Lovett, 56, went in for what she thought to be another routine assessment, she was left unsure when the results came back...
Read more arrow_forwardPBAC July 2021 Meeting Agenda Summary for rare and less common cancers.
Read more arrow_forwardFrom the 1st May, many thousands of Australians will have better access to sophisticated, MBS-funded molecular tests to diagnose rare or less common cancers in a bid to get faster diagnoses and quicker treatment...
Read more arrow_forwardDue to health legislations which have been enforced over the weekend from the Government and Health Department in respect to community events in the aim to contain COVID-19, we have made the difficult decision that Kosi Challenge in Thredbo.
Read more arrow_forwardThe diagnosis of a serious illness like cancer can be abrupt and alarming. It is common to feel lost and in need of guidance and information.
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25-year Vulva Cancer survivor Kath Mazzella OAM makes no bones about the fact that our inability to talk openly and accurately about Gynaecological Health is more embarrassing than the subject itself...
Read more arrow_forwardMost people I think are scared of the word cancer, but by this point I was relieved that doctors were finally believing me when I said I was in pain...
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