Type: Bowel or colorectal cancer
This research has revealed a significant increase in rates of anal cancer in high-income countries, including Australia, since the late 1980s.
Researchers at Cancer Council NSW have conducted an Australian-first study that estimated future bowel cancer rates and deaths.
A team of Cancer Council researchers has shown that physical activity is an important factor in preventing cancer, particularly cancer of the colon, irrespective of body weight.
Research has revealed the cost of cancer to the Australian health system to be over $6 billion a year.
The outcomes of this new study will be the identification of key players involved in the function of a protein called MCC and how they could be targeted in cancer treatment.
This multinational randomised trial is the first randomised study of aspirin for cancer survival and could result in a change of practice across the world.