NSW Cancer Conference 2022: 15-16 September 2022 at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth. This inaugural conference is being organised by Sydney Cancer Partners, Maridulu Budyari Gumal – SPHERE and NSW Regional Health Partners, The conference represents a significant milestone for cancer research in NSW, providing a state-wide, cross institutional meeting focused on cancer research. The event…
National Volunteer Week (NVW) 16 – 22 May 2022 is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteering. The theme for National Volunteer Week 2022 is Better Together. Volunteering brings people together; it builds communities and creates a better society for everyone. More information here
Thursday 7 April 2022 is World Health Day. This year’s motto is ‘Our planet, our health’. Are we able to reimagine a world where clean air, water and food are available to all? Where economies are focused on health and well-being? Where cities are liveable and people have control over their health and the health of the…
Cancer Voices involvement in the National Pancreatic Cancer Roadmap CVN member Gino Iori was nominated by Cancer Voices for the Cancer Australia Pancreatic Roadmap steering committee in late 2020. Gino brings a carer’s perspective to all his consumer representative work. His brother passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2011 and following CIR training in 2014…
Message from the National Pancreatic Cancer Roadmap key stakeholders This video provides an overview of the National Pancreatic Cancer Roadmap by Cancer Australia CEO Professor Dorothy Keefe and key stakeholders. They outline the impact of pancreatic cancer and the key priorities this transformative pathway is designed to address. Watch the video here.
1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our lifetime. But all of us can support the research that will beat it. Everyone has a part to play and every part supports life-saving research. So play your part, and together we will beat cancer.
Updated information from Cancer Council Understanding Prostate Cancer March 2022 This revised guide is for people affected by a diagnosis of prostate cancer. Printed booklets can be ordered using the Publications Order Form on the website.
Updated information from Cancer Council Understanding Pancreatic Cancer March 2022. This revised guide is for people affected by pancreatic cancer. It focuses on pancreatic adenocarcinoma, which is the most common type of pancreatic cancer. Printed booklets can be ordered using the Publications Order Form on the website.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CANCER PATIENTS From Cancer Australia Crucial information for multicultural communities about COVID-19 vaccines and cancer Your questions about COVID-19 vaccines and cancer answered in your language To support multicultural communities with evidence-based information about COVID-19 vaccines and cancer, Cancer Australia has released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) translated into 10 languages specifically for…
Are you a person from a culturally and linguistically diverse background?
Think outside the bubble at the CanForum Friday 26 November at 9.30 am (AEDT) Tickets are $400+ GST per person, with exemptions made for patients, carers, families and patient organisations.Please register your attendance at rarecancers.org.au/canforum-2021. All registrants will be sent an email with instructions on how to access the live stream on the day.For further…
A new survey had just been launched on Australia’s Health Panel. The topic of this survey is: October 2021-Private healthcare
The inaugural Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) ASM 2021 22-23 July – Equity in innovation in Multidisciplinary lung cancer care Lung cancer screening, neoadjuvant treatment, the future influence of biomarker-driven treatments for lung cancer, the challenges of overcoming inequities in quality care, thought-provoking multi-disciplinary discussion, innovative clinical research and clinical trial concept development workshops.…
Sydney Cancer Conference 2021 September 9-10, 2021 – Bridging research and practice The University of Sydney is proud to host the seventh Sydney Cancer Conference, a national forum showcasing existing and emerging strengths in cancer research across Australia ‘featuring all areas of cancer research – basic biomedical, public health, clinical and psychosocial – making the…
The Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA), together with event partners MTPConnect, Bellberry and Medicines Australia, and supporters, the National Health and Medical Research Centre (NHMRC), CT:IQ (Clinical Trials: Thinking Smarter), Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA), and Research Australia, hosted the Clinical Trials 2021 National Tribute & Awards Ceremony on 20 May 2021 to mark…
It is with pleasure that I present the Cancer Voices NSW 2020 Annual Report highlighting the activities of our twentieth year. 2020 was a special and significant milestone in the history of Cancer Voices – our 20th anniversary, two decades of providing the voice of those affected by cancer, a rather significant achievement for a 100% volunteer organisation. 2020 turned out to be a year like no other and as such we will do more to acknowledge and reflect on this milestone when circumstances allow.
Patient and health sector feedback is still sought on a draft prostate cancer Position Statement created by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists’ (RANZCR) Faculty of Radiation Oncology.
All men with prostate cancer need to ensure that they have opinions for treatment from both a radiation oncologist as well as the surgeon who diagnoses the cancer. There is strong evidence now for radiation therapy being as effective as surgery in curing prostate cancer.