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| UpdatedSenior doctors at The Tweed Hospital on the NSW far north coast say patients are being forced to go across the border to Queensland because the facility is at breaking point.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, cancer, diseases-and-disorders, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, health, healthcare-facilities, tweed-heads-south-2486
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Leukaemia patient Luci Sheppard and Leukaemia Foundation CEO Bill Petch outline exactly why the annual World's Greatest Shave is so important for so many Australians.
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| UpdatedA bladder cancer survivor teams up with his urologist to create a new charity and deliver free Australian education resource for patients after frustration about the lack of local information available.
Topics: cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, australia, canberra-2600, melbourne-3000, act
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| UpdatedPapua New Guinea's only cancer treatment centre at Angau Hospital in Lae has been caught in the middle of a media storm, with many taking to Facebook to complain that there is not enough funding for equipment and drugs to treat the patients there.
Topics: cancer, healthcare-facilities, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedThe CEO of the Angau Hospital in Lae is calling on Papua New Guineans to change the way they think about cancer amid ongoing public outcry about the conditions at the country's only treatment centre.
Topics: cancer, health-policy, social-media, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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South Australian cancer patients who were given incorrect frequencies in doses of a chemotherapy drug may have had their treatment outcomes compromised, a haematology expert tells a coronial inquest.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, healthcare-facilities, health, cancer, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe circumstances surrounding the recent death of a fourth Adelaide cancer patient connected to an under-dosing of a chemotherapy drug, Carol Barinsfather, will be examined at an inquest.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, cancer, diseases-and-disorders, adelaide-5000, sa
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Walking an extra 4,300 steps or about 40 minutes every day can mean less days in hospital for older Australians and reduced risk of cancer, new research shows.
Topics: health, exercise-and-fitness, lifestyle-and-leisure, cancer, older-people, sydney-2000, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedQueenslanders are being urged to maintain a healthy weight, be sun smart and do more to take care of their health to reduce their risk of cancer, after diagnoses in the state rose by more than 20 per cent over three decades.
Topics: cancer, prostate-cancer, lung-cancer, bowel-and-rectal-cancer, breast-cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThere are fears cancer survivors are missing out on much-needed rehabilitation because demand for services is outstripping supply.
Topics: cancer, rehabilitation, perth-6000
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| UpdatedJarryd Roughead kicks a goal in his first game in 500 days as Hawthorn wins after the siren against Geelong in preseason game in Launceston.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, cancer, melbourne-3000, vic, launceston-7250, tas, australia
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In this episode: the century-old murder mystery that gripped South Australia, a Queensland school teacher prepares to square-off against one of boxing’s biggest names, the tourists overwhelming Tasmania’s natural wonders and a West Australian cricket club rallies to support two young members suffering a rare cancer. #AustraliaWide
Topics: government-and-politics, information-and-communication, community-and-society, cancer, tourism, boxing, australia, tas
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Central Coast MP Kathy Smith resigns to fight her cancer battle.
Topics: state-parliament, cancer, gosford-2250
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Cancer research and treatment is often framed as a 'fight' or 'war' against the disease. But, writes Darren Saunders, we need to tread carefully when taking that language out of the lab.
Topics: cancer, health, journalism, offbeat, australia
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Topics: alternative-medicine, medical-research, vegetables, cancer, southport-4215
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| UpdatedA small pilot looking at whether ginger supplements can ease nausea caused by chemotherapy shows some promising results.
Topics: alternative-medicine, medical-research, cancer, southport-4215
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New research is expected to shed light on the lives of those who beat cancer, who then may have to contend with mental health issues and chronic illness.
Topics: cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, australia, sa, adelaide-5000
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When Catherine Iseppi watched her grandson go through cancer treatment, she vowed to do whatever she could to help ease the pain.
Topics: child-health-and-behaviour, cancer, charities-and-community-organisations, toowoomba-4350
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Canberra Liberals MLA Steve Doszpot reveals he is battling cancer, but says he will continue to work for for the people of the ACT while receiving treatment.
Topics: states-and-territories, parliament, government-and-politics, cancer, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Helping out a good friend has rewarded Josh Telford, who has been named one of the city's Australia Day Young Citizens of the Year for 2017.
Topics: cancer, australia-day, mount-gambier-5290
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Melville Cricket Club in Perth is raising awareness about a rare type of cancer after two of its own players were diagnosed with the disease in the same year.
Topics: cancer, cricket, melville-6156, perth-6000
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| UpdatedAfter being rocked by the sarcoma diagnoses given to two of its young players, a Perth cricket club is holding matches across the city to raise awareness about the rare form of cancer.
Topics: cancer, community-organisations, clubs-and-associations, perth-6000
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| UpdatedNT Health Minister Natasha Fyles says she plans to ask if the Commonwealth can put up an extra $6 million to support the PET scanner promised for Darwin.
Topics: health, government-and-politics, cancer, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedCampbell 'Bumble' Remess continues to inspire people around the globe by auctioning off his famous handmade bears and hosting his first gala dinner where $26,000 is raised for cancer research.
Topics: children, human-interest, charities, cancer, hobart-7000
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A former New South Wales Labor backbencher has spoken out about his battle with pancreatic cancer and how cannabis oil is a vital part of his ongoing treatment.
Topics: cancer, cannabis, political-parties, newcastle-2300