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Angelina Jolie announces preventive mastectomy - Information for women about family history of breast and ovarian cancer
Released: 15/05/2013News Type: AnnouncementAngelina Jolie has this week announced that she has undergone a preventive double mastectomy after being tested and found to carry an inherited genetic fault which significantly increases her risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.
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$5.9 million announced to improve outcomes in lung cancer
Released: 15/05/2013News Type: Announcement$5.9 million to improve outcomes in lung cancer, Australia’s leading cause of cancer death
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New Award to recognise achievement in gynaecological cancers
Released: 14/05/2013News Type: AnnouncementCancer Australia is calling for nominations for its first Jeannie Ferris Cancer Australia Recognition Award.
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Prime Minister announces funding to improve cancer data and cancer care
Released: 08/05/2013News Type: AnnouncementAustralians diagnosed with cancer will benefit from better collection and reporting of national cancer data under a new funding initiative announced today.
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A systematic review of the impact of stigma and nihilism on lung cancer outcomes
Released: 02/05/2013News Type: AnnouncementThe diagnosis of cancer is stressful and confronting for anyone. For many people with lung cancer, this diagnosis can be compounded by feelings of guilt, shame, distress and isolation.
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New online learning module for rural health professionals on younger women with early breast cancer
Released: 24/04/2013News Type: AnnouncementThe younger woman with early breast cancer – what do I need to know? is a new online module by Cancer Australia, available from April 2013.
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Applications are now open for the 2013-2016 Support for Cancer Trials program
Released: 12/04/2013News Type: AnnouncementApplications are now open for funding of Existing National Cancer Cooperative Trials Groups whose current funding expires in June 2013.
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Cancer Clinical Trial Technical Services: Requests for Tender now open
Released: 08/04/2013News Type: AnnouncementRequests for Tender are now open for National Technical Services to be provided to National Cancer Cooperative Trials Groups between 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2016.
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Cancer Australia receives grant to focus on lung cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Released: 13/03/2013News Type: AnnouncementCancer Australia is pleased to announce that it has been successful in a grant from the Department of Health and Ageing for a project to focus on lung cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
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Ovarian cancer – what do you know?
Released: 27/02/2013News Type: Media Releases
