by Kristina Roach | November 25, 2020 | Health, Society
Conquering cervical cancer in Australia: the early days A personal reflection by David Hill, former Cancer Council Victoria Director One way and another, I have spent a long time in a field we used to call “public education about cancer”. At the time I began in the...
by Kristina Roach | October 1, 2020 | Health, Society
Cervical cancer survivor Kirsty Browne on curing the cancer of doubt When I was 26, my world turned inside out overnight. I was completing the final year of my pharmacy degree and studying hard for the pharmaceutical intern exam. I was also told I had a rare type of...
by Sue Collins | September 7, 2020 | Health, Society
Clinical trials in Australia and the HPV vaccine https://conqueringcancercampaign.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ian-Frazer_Audio.mp4 Every year, girls and women across Australia are immunised against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes most cervical cancers....
by Sue Collins | September 7, 2020 | Health, Society
Cervical Cancer Survivor: Nanthini Tanabal 570,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year. In 2018, 31 year old Nanthini Tanabal never imagined she would be one of them. Nanthini lives in Malaysia, where only 1 in 5 eligible women have been screened for...
by Sue Collins | September 7, 2020 | Health, Society
Fear the pap smear? Self- sampling gives Malaysian women control Cervical cancer screening is no woman’s idea of a good time. While it might save your life, there’s little else to enjoy about the experience. Fortunately, a collaboration between University of Malaya,...
