Politics
The Labor Party is promising an extra $3 million for cancer research in South Australia if it wins the state election.
News
The SA Liberal Party has pledged $5 million to reduce waiting times for screenings to detect bowel cancer – the second-most deadly cancer in Australia – if it wins the March state election.
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A cancer detecting probe that can improve clinical outcomes for patients is being brought to clinical trials with assistance from Flinders biomedical engineers and State Government funding.
Public health experts traditionally expect to see a very strong pattern of health inequality – the poorer you are, the more likely you are to be unwell and die before your time. But newly available data on cancer incidence rates show that’s not always the case, writes John Glover from Torrens University Australia.
A comprehensive online self-help program aims to help reduce distress for patients diagnosed with cancer.
Being obese is strongly linked to 11 different cancers, British scientists have confirmed.
