Breast cancer
PBS listing slashes breast cancer treatment from $50k to hundreds of dollars
The decision by the federal government to add two breast cancer drugs to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is good news for Kristina Gorscak.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and James Massola
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Why a Labor backbencher with breast cancer volunteered to get a COVID-19 vaccine
From phase 1b of the vaccine rollout, set to begin in late March, people with health conditions like Peta Murphy will be able to start receiving immunisations.
- by Rachel Clun
$2.3 million in donations roll in for breast cancer foundation on Jane McGrath Day
The McGrath Foundation had decided to raise money by selling virtual pink seats at a cost of $20 each in case COVID-19 spoiled the Sydney Test.
- by Tom Decent
COVID-affected Pink Test means less money to help people like Luise
McGrath Foundation chief executive Holly Masters said the past 12 months of the pandemic had damaged fundraising events.
- by Tim Barlass
'It's just one of those magic moments': the powerful image helping women in their time of anxiety
Taking inspiration from the nearby coast, the Royal Hospital for Women breast cancer diagnostic room now includes a striking, wall-sized image of one of Sydney’s favourite swim spots by former Sydney Morning Herald photographer Dallas Kilponen.
- by Helen Pitt
'I found my breast cancer getting a fake tan': A young Scarborough woman's story of survival
Cancer was not among Rhianne Miller's birthday wishes, but barely a week after turning 32 the sales rep's life was flipped upside down by a small lump on the side of her breast.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
My long-awaited son helped me find joy in places that once held fear
He is the life that began here, amid all that chaos and pain and confusion. He waited – silently, faithfully, giving us hope as we struggled, endured and emerged.
- by Bron Willis
Cancer screening rates plummet during pandemic
Cancer screening has fallen in Australia during the coronavirus pandemic, fuelling fears of a surge in delayed diagnoses and avoidable deaths.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Dana McCauley
Midway through chemo, Shonel's nightmare crept in
Suddenly she was homeschooling, having her final rounds of chemo and undertaking 19 rounds of radiation alone.
- by Larissa Ham
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Cancer
Cost-effective to screen all women for breast cancer genes: study
Genetic testing for all women over 30 would prevent millions of deaths from breast and ovarian cancer globally and be cost effective in medium and higher income countries.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
John Travolta and the tragedy of loss that surrounds him
What few people know is that in 1977, 23-year-old Travolta lost his first love to the same disease that would later claim his wife, Kelly Preston.
- by Peter Stanford