Oncology

Hot weather could disrupt vital cancer screening for one million rural Australians, prompting calls for better public health education in country communities.

The race is on to boost the number of Australians taking bowel cancer detection tests with participation dropping during the pandemic and natural disasters.

Charlotte Wyse was just fifteen months old when doctors found a large, malignant tumour on her brain. Known as paediatric ependymoma, the rare and devastating

Younger people with bowel cancer symptoms may make 10 or more visits to a GP before finally being diagnosed due to age bias, experts say. People aged 25 to

Prostate cancer is Australia's most diagnosed disease and the costliest to treat yet major public and private sector differences mean access to preferred care for many

Funding for Australian cancer research has more than tripled in the past 20 years but experts say more investment is needed to tackle the nation's leading cause of death.

An experimental cancer vaccine that personalises treatments for patients with melanoma may not be the one-size-fits-all cure, according to Australian experts.

Prostate cancer is Australia's most expensive disease to treat with costs ballooning to $1.35 billion a year. Data from the Australian Institute of Health

Fears that temporarily suspending breast cancer screening services during the pandemic would create a wave of advanced tumours do not appear to have come true.

More than half of Australian cancer patients experience systemic barriers to accessing the care they need, a new report has found. The report, Addressing The

A national $10 million summer skin cancer advertising blitz is ready for launch as new research shows Australian men are still not sun smart. Australia has

Although Australia has some of the best health outcomes in the world, cancer is still the leading cause of death nationwide. The federal government wants to change that.

An Australian burrowing octopus species has a compound in its venom that could provide a non-toxic treatment for skin cancers, according to a study. The southern

Cancer medications and a treatment for a rare genetic disease have been added to Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. The newly-listed drugs are

Cancer patients treated in NSW outpatient clinics have reported an overwhelmingly positive experience, but improvements could be made for those who speak English as a second

Scientists have identified a dramatic increase in the treatment of "pre-cancerous" melanomas that might not be harmful, according to new research.

A new cancer centre and health worker training school would be built in regional Victoria under another health-related election pledge by the state opposition.

Smoking, drinking alcohol, being overweight and other known risk factors were responsible for nearly 4.45 million cancer deaths around the world in 2019, new research suggests.

Consuming too much saturated and animal fats could increase the risk of bladder cancer in men, research suggests. A study funded by the World Cancer Research

Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer diagnosed in Australia, overtaking breast cancer as the country's number one cancer. The news has been described