Tag: cancer research
Professor Jacob George is a liver researcher. He explains links between hepatitis, lifestyle factors, and liver cancer.
Survival rates for some common types of cancer in children have not improved in more than 25 years.
That’s why new approaches to treatment are critical for a cancer free future. In particular, treatment that does not have long lasting effects.
The financial burden of healthcare in Australia can be high, particularly for people diagnosed with cancer. A new study from the Daffodil Centre* has shown one in ten people with cancer in NSW spend more than $10,000 on healthcare in the first year following diagnosis. Analysis of data from the 45 and Up Study showed […]
Over the past 20 years, death rates from all cancers combined in Australia have decreased by around 25%, thanks to improvements in prevention, early detection, treatment and care.
Professor Karen Canfell AC, Director of The Daffodil Centre, a joint venture between Cancer Council NSW and The University of Sydney, was awarded with the Companion of the Order of Australia in the King’s Birthday Honours on 10 June 2024.
In this blog, Professor Alex Swarbrick dives deeper into how discoveries in common cancers like breast cancer are changing cancer care.
New Daffodil Centre research has found the number of deaths caused by alcohol over the past 30 years may have been underestimated.
The Australian Research Centre for Cancer Survivorship will co-design, evaluate and implement evidence-based interventions to improve the quality of life for people who have survived cancer.
Even though cigarette vending machines sell cancer causing cigarettes, generate little sales for venues and are a low priority to their business, owners are in no hurry to get rid of them.
There is no denying that e-cigarette use, or vaping, is on the rise, especially among young people. In 2022/23, 30% of 12 to 17-year-olds reported using e-cigarettes in Australia. That’s more than a 50% increase from 14% in 2017.