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Celebrating World Cancer Research Day
A look back at what we’ve achieved so far. 24 September 2022 is World Cancer Research Day – a day to create and consolidate momentum
New research shows rates of obesity-related cancers quadrupled in a generation
New research by the Daffodil Centre shows the rate of obesity-related cancers in Australia almost quadrupled between 1983 and 2017, foreshadowing a growing preventable cancer
New funding to extend translational cervical cancer control research
Professor Karen Canfell and her co-investigators* have been awarded $2.5m to continue the work of the successful Centre of Research Excellence in Cervical Cancer Control
For all that cancer takes, give hope this Daffodil Day
Daffodil Day: Thursday 25 August 2022 Today, Cancer Council NSW is urging Australians to give to the Daffodil Day Appeal to fund life-saving cancer research.
Over 250,000 Australians will die from cancers caused by cigarette smoking over the next 25 years
New research by the Daffodil Centre, a joint venture of Cancer Council NSW and the University of Sydney, predicts cigarette smoking will cause over 250,000
1.4 million Australians will die of cancer in the next 25 years unless governments intervene now
New research by the Daffodil Centre, a joint venture of Cancer Council NSW and the University of Sydney, shows that 1.45 million Australians will die
Migrants have a higher burden of cancer compared to Australian-born residents
New research shows higher rates of stomach, liver and cervical cancer in specific migrant communities in Australia compared with the general population, highlighting a need
A global assessment of changes in tobacco smoking behaviours during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic
A new study by researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the Daffodil Centre, and partners assesses changes in tobacco smoking behaviours
HPV testing picks up cancers missed by Pap tests
New research by the Daffodil Centre has found that in a national analysis of Australia’s renewed National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP), which came into place
Effective biopsy technique to identify cancer spread underused
An innovative diagnostic technique, sentinel lymph node biopsy, is now widely recommended in both melanoma and breast cancer to determine whether cancer cells have spread