Tag: cancer support
After a lifetime of struggling with the devastating long-term effects of childhood cancer, Dave Cassar admits he was close to giving up.
More children survive childhood cancer but the effect of their treatment continues for years, and even decades, into the future.
Our Tackling Tobacco programs aims to address the high levels of smoking amongst Australians with mental illness.
Find out what information and support services are available to you over the festive period.
Despite the impact of COVID-19, we have continued delivering many of our information and support services.
For 10 years, AMP financial advisers have provided pro bono services to cancer patients and their families.
John was diagnosed with cancer 11 years ago. Now cancer-free, he gives back as a Transport to Treatment driver.
Australia has one of the highest rates of prostate cancer in the world with over 16,700 men expected to be diagnosed this year alone. Due to improved methods of detection, and a growing and ageing population, the number of men surviving long after diagnosis has been steadily increasing. New research by Cancer Council NSW has […]
In 1996, Nurse and continence advisor Barbara McFadyen ran an advertisement in the local newspaper classifieds to seek support in establishing a support group in the area. She was responding to a need for men and their families who were negotiating their respective prostate cancer journeys. The response was forthcoming from a man who was undergoing […]
When Michelle Beattie’s hair began to fall out, she asked her five-year-old son Jackson if he would like to help her cut off the rest. “I started chemotherapy and I explained to Jackson that I was going to lose my hair,” Michelle said. “As soon as my hair fell out, I asked him if […]