Cancer

Emma Trenerry's family, community and footy club have raised tens of thousands of dollars to buy the terminally ill 32-year-old more time with her kids. 

A national survey of Australians with rare cancers has found they face high costs and delayed, often inconsistent, care.

A new report paints a picture of a system that has failed to deliver fast and fair access to treatment for people with rare and less common cancers.

A Melbourne mother with aggressive cancer has medical insurance but says her provider won't cover the expensive treatment that will give her the best chance of surviving due to the small print in her policy.

In university classrooms across the country, gynaecological cancer survivors are sharing their lived experience with health professionals to improve understanding and reduce delays in diagnosis.

Jake Parker has been diagnosed with lymphoma for a third time. A stem cell transplant gives him the best chance of seeing his little boys grow up, but he doesn't match any Australian donors.

Mapping the vast number of environmental and lifestyle factors that influence our health is an enormous task — but one researchers say could hold the key to better understanding disease development.

Jenny Cross says her husband died after a six-month fight for answers.

After being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, Felicity Tait was left in a difficult financial position amid unexpected cancer-related expenses. 

Former Australian of the Year and world-renowned pathologist Richard Scolyer is among the 90,000 runners who have hit the pavement for this year's City2Surf.

In the 80s, racing car Tru Blu was rebuilt thanks to crowdfunding. Now history has repeated to build a cherished replica.

Monash Health in Melbourne's south-east has discovered black mould in an area where cancer patients are treated.

The wait time for some cancer survivors to donate blood has been slashed from five years after their last treatment, to just one. The change comes a fortnight after restrictions on part of the LGBTQIA+ community were loosed. 

Cancer diagnosis in young people is on the rise, but there are practical ways to support loved ones going through treatment. 

While many people aim for 10,000 steps a day, new research finds 7,000 daily steps can provide meaningful health improvements and may be a more "realistic" goal. 

Grace Passfield’s family and friends thought she’d be excited to finish her melanoma treatment, but the young mother says she was anxious and terrified. 

Joshua Maxwell was told his open-heart surgery had to be done within 90 days at Westmead Hospital. He waited 200 days, and says the lack of a direct apology from the health minister is "disappointing".

A new study finds that decades of control measures have prevented more than 230,000 Australian cancer-related deaths, but not all types of cancer were following the trend.

Eligibility for some cancer screening programs has recently been expanded to reflect the increasing cancer rates among younger Australians, while other programs have just rolled out this month. Here's what to know. 

There are ways to change the steep cancer trajectories that gen X and millennials might be on.