Blog Topic: Coping with cancer
Debbie Shore’s story of how COVID-19 has made her daughter Nicole’s breast cancer treatment more stressful for their whole family.
Breast cancer survivor, Jess Braude, gives us her tips for coping with the uncertainty surrounding everyone’s lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘In these uncertain times’ is a phrase I’ve heard more often in the last three months than ever before in my life. But have we properly considered the impact of this uncertainty and how […]
Jill’s first sign of illness In July 2017, Jill Golland was shocked when one day she tried to start writing a grocery list and suddenly her hand could not form the letters and her speech became slurred. After going to the hospital, she found out she had had a small transient ischaemic attack (TIA). “They […]
February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Ovarian cancer has the lowest survival rate of any women’s cancer in Australia – we’re working to change the odds. Linda’s sudden and unexpected diagnosis Three years ago, Linda Grebert had no indication of the journey that lay before her. One day, she started experiencing some back pain and […]
Professor Jennifer Martin has been researching into personalised chemotherapy dosing for some time. Now Professor Martin and her team are moving into the trial stage of their research. The dosing study known as the PREDICT (Pathway of Research to Evaluation of Dose-Individualised Cancer Therapy) Program uses new technology to find the ideal chemotherapy dosage for […]
Before her diagnosis, the only thing Brenda Blackmore really knew about pancreatic cancer was that it had claimed the life of Dirty Dancing’s Patrick Swayze. “I wasn’t aware of pancreatic cancer, aside from hearing about the celebrities who had died from it,” Brenda said. At age 69, pancreatic cancer was last thing on the McMahons […]
Check out our new podcast series, The Thing About Advanced Cancer. Podcasts are an increasingly popular medium around the world. At first glance, they might seem like a step back in an age when video content is so prevalent, but the audio storytelling format has many advantages. Podcasts are a great format to fit into […]
Last week, the fourth national (and the largest so far) Cancer Survivorship Conference took place in Sydney, Australia. Speakers and guests explored the theme of “Future of Cancer Survivorship: Evolution or Revolution?”, covering topics such as: Cost of cancer – at an individual and societal level Cardio-toxicity of cancer treatment and cardiovascular disease after cancer […]
Many people think that the end of cancer treatment means the cancer struggle is over, but that is not always the case. Lymphoedema is an unwelcome side effect of cancer surgery and/or radiation treatment.
Personalised chemotherapy dosing can improve patient outcomes. You play an important part in creating a cancer free future. This year, with your help, more than $10 million has been awarded to 17 new outstanding research projects, investigating new ways to treat cancer.