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Currently, seven cancer types are listed in the top 20 causes of death in Australia. These are cancers of the lung, blood and lymph, bowel, prostate, breast, pancreas, skin and some childhood cancers.
Too many people literally are dying of embarrassment.
This body map brings together evidence on proven cancer causes. Using credible, scientific sources it answers questions about whether alcohol, red meat or sun exposure increase your cancer risk.
Relative risk is the risk one group of people has of developing a cancer compared to the risk of another group.
Hold the cape and leggings. The dear old blood pudding has its merits, but it’s far from perfect.
The World Health Organisation’s report on the increased cancer risk with eating processed and red meat has been met with mixed reactions.
Meat has health benefits. And good quality meat could also be the solution to the food insecurity problems that plague two-thirds of households in the developing world.
The World Health Organisation has determined that eating processed meat definitely causes cancer, while eating red meat probably does.
Nearly 40,000 cancers diagnosed in Australia can be prevented if people avoid known risk factors for the disease, according to research published today.
The rate of Australians dying from cancer is on a steady, downhill trajectory, thanks to powerful advances made in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
We tend to assume a direct relation between an irritant and a part of the body – this isn’t necessarily true.
Screening can save lives, which is why the NHS offers checks for breast, cervical and bowel cancers. Breast screening tries to pick up cancer at an early stage when it may be more treatable. Cervical screening…
There are many good reasons to eat red meat, including as a source of protein and iron, but having too much of the stuff significantly increases your risk of cancer. Recent research from China has found…
Alcohol and cancer is a topic that arouses a lot of controversy: many Australians like the odd drink but don’t want to make the connection to cancer, the world’s biggest killer. The World Health Organisation’s…
When I was in my teens, I watched the comedy Crazy People, starring Dudley Moore and Daryl Hannah. Moore plays a burnt-out advertising executive who creates (hilarious) “honest” ads. One of the ads is…
Each year around 14,400 Australians are diagnosed with bowel (colon and rectal) cancer. It’s the second most common newly diagnosed cancer after lung cancer and claims around 3,980 lives a year. The good…
Consuming a lot of high-energy junk foods and fizzy drinks is associated with a higher risk of colorectal cancer, according to new research published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention. The new…
A researcher from The University of Western Australia is part of an international that has identified new treatment options…
One in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. The good news is that with earlier detection and improved treatments, the survival rate for many common cancers…
Top contributors
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Adjunct Professsor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Gastroenterologist & Clinical Epidemiologist, Senior Lecturer, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Professor at University of Melbourne and Research Fellow, Cancer Council Victoria
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Sydney Medical School, Concord Clinical School; Medical Oncologist, Concord Cancer Centre, University of Sydney
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Specialist General Practitioner, and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Head of Urology at Monash Medical Centre and Associate Professor of Surgery, Monash University
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Professor of Medicine, Bond University
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Head, Colorectal Unit, Prince of Wales Private Hospital; Conjoint Associate Professor of Surgery, UNSW Sydney
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Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Adjunct professor, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
