Blog Topic: Prevention & screening
We all know how vital sun protection is in preventing skin cancer – but new statistics show that an alarming number of adults are still getting sunburnt. The latest insight to come out of the Cancer Council National Sun Protection Survey, shows that 17 percent of adults, equivalent to 881,000 people across NSW, are getting […]
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) awards multimillion dollar grant to group of cervical cancer prevention experts led by Cancer Council and Victorian Cytology Service. Authors: Adjunct Professor Karen Canfell, Associate Professor Marion Saville and Associate Professor Julia Brotherton Australia has led the world in cervical cancer prevention for decades, both in vaccination and screening. […]
Authors: Adjunct Professor Karen Canfell and Associate Professor Marion Saville As Australia prepares to transition to a new National Cervical Screening Program in December, a research study has found that Human Papillomavirus (HPV) screening is more effective at detecting high-grade cervical abnormalities than Pap tests. The study, called Compass, is a timely confirmation of just how effective […]
Despite advances in health and medicine, it is predicted that the current generation of 20 year olds in westernized countries may be the first to have a lower life expectancy than their parents. This alarming prediction is largely due to diet and it’s preventable. We know that being overweight or obese increases the risk of 11 […]
We already know that wholegrains are wholesome and high in fibre but new evidence1 published by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) shows that eating wholegrains every day significantly reduces your risk of bowel cancer (also known as colorectal cancer). The new report analysed 99 studies from […]
Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world. The lifetime risk of developing bowel cancer before the age of 75 is around one in 19 for men and one in 28 for women. This makes bowel – or colorectal – cancer the third most common cancer in Australia and the […]
We know that smoking is the primary factor that puts people at risk for lung cancer: 80 per cent of lung cancers are in people who were smokers. We also know that early diagnosis of lung cancer is difficult, as the symptoms can often be vague and non-specific, and so the majority of cases are […]
The push for a levy on sugar-sweetened beverages is gaining momentum, with good reason – evidence shows it would help to reduce Australia’s obesity epidemic and the flow-on increase in chronic disease burden. Sugar-sweetened beverages are energy-dense, nutrient-poor and a major contributor to obesity and diet-related illness, particularly among children and socially disadvantaged groups who […]
Australia has been at the forefront of cervical cancer prevention for decades, and continues to take the lead – we are the first nation in the world to implement large-scale changes to cervical screening as a direct response to the successful implementation of HPV vaccination. This year, the National Cervical Screening Program is due to […]
A new study released by Cancer Council NSW today has found no reduction in unhealthy food and drink advertisements on television during children’s peak viewing times, despite the fact that the food industry introduced voluntary self-regulatory initiatives in 2009. We found that children are being exposed to an average of three unhealthy food advertisements every […]