VAD legislation update: federal government to legislate to allow the ACT and Northern Territory to introduce voluntary assisted dying The recently-elected federal government has indicated that, as part of its legislative program, it will seek to repeal the Euthanasia Laws Act (passed under the Howard Government in 1997) that prevents the ACT parliament and the…
Upfront About Breast Cancer, a podcast series by the Breast Cancer Network Australia, provides people affected by breast cancer and their family with real stories, insights and helpful tips from those who have had their own breast cancer experience as well as access to the latest information from a range of health professionals and experts.…
New Online Fact Sheet from Cancer Council: Understanding Secondary Liver Cancer (June 2022). Cancer Council has developed a new resource to support people who have been diagnosed with secondary liver cancer – this is cancer that has spread from another part of the body to the liver. In Australia, this is a more common diagnosis…
Updated information from Cancer Council: Understanding Breast Cancer (July 2022). This guide is for people affected by early and locally advanced breast cancer. The current Cancer Information Resources Order Form is available on the Cancer Council NSW website. To fill out the form, download the PDF from the website and save it to your computer. Enter…
The Australian Cancer Plan presents the opportunity to design and deliver a ground-breaking national plan to identify and address critical issues in cancer control that need collaborative, coordinated and national action. This 10 year plan is the first national plan for national action ‘with 2 and 5 year goals and 10 year ambitions to set…
A health professional’s personal cancer journey: Sally’s cancer experience featured as the cover story in the Winter edition of inscope, the official journal of the Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union: The view from the other side: A nurse’s personal cancer journey Clinical Nurse Consultant, mother of two and QNMU member Sally Kriel was diagnosed with stage…
July is Sarcoma Awareness Month: ‘Go Yellow Anywhere for Sarcoma Awareness’ this July in support of the sarcoma community. Sarcoma Awareness Month is a way to create public awareness of sarcoma and to stand in solidarity with the sarcoma community, which includes health professionals, researchers, patients and their loved ones. This year’s theme ‘Go Yellow…