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14 Jun 2013
The Cancer Institute NSW congratulates Professor Robyn Ward, who was yesterday announced as the recipient for the Premier’s Award for Individual Excellence and Achievement. ..
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25 Jun 2013
An exciting opportunity to build your career in HR through a busy and varied role in support of the Cancer Institute's activities and programs in New South Wales.
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29 May 2013
Australians of all ages are being encouraged to team up with some familiar faces in a new campaign from Bowel Cancer Australia, supported by the Cancer Institute NSW, to get more people to screen for bowel cancer as participation rates continue to lag well behind gender specific cancers...
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27 May 2013
The State’s top research minds and cancer control advocates will join together once again, on 2 August 2013, to celebrate the finest work of the previous year at the NSW Premier’s Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research. Hosted by broadcaster, comedian and self confessed science geek, Adam Spencer of ABC radio, the evening offers the opportunity for the cancer research community to join together in celebration of the work being done in the State...
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23 May 2013
This week marked the launch of a new multicultural theatre project, ‘Alive and Out There’ which aims to reduce the stigma of cancer among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. The launch at Hurstville Civic Centre saw excerpts of the plays, which have been funded by the Cancer Institute NSW...
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08 May 2013
A new class of drug targeting skin cancer’s genetic material has been successfully tested in humans for the first time. Funded in part by a translational research grant from the Cancer Institute NSW, this opens the way to new treatments for a range of conditions, from skin cancers to eye diseases.
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30 Apr 2013
The Cancer Institute NSW has launched a campaign urging Australian women to have regular, potentially lifesaving Pap tests. Pap tests can prevent up to 90 per cent of cervical cancers, yet the Institute warns that cervical screening participation rates in Australia are alarmingly low at 57.5 percent of women. ..
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17 Apr 2013
The Cancer Institute NSW is proud to announce that applications are now open for the Cancer Institute NSW Breast Imaging Clinical Fellowship Program 2014...
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16 Apr 2013
Australia has one of the highest incidences of bowel cancer (colon and rectal cancers) in the world In NSW alone there are over 3,000 new cases of colon cancer and 1,670 cases of rectal cancer diagnosed each year. However, a new international study has found that we also lead the way in terms of survival rates for colo-rectal cancers...
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17 Mar 2013
A new public education campaign has been launched by the Minister for Health, Jillian Skinner, and the Cancer Institute NSW, aimed at improving the survival rates of people diagnosed with lung cancer by encouraging early detection.
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05 Mar 2013
Chief Cancer Officer and CEO Cancer Institute NSW Professor David Currow responds to new reasearch linking vitamin D deficiency with food allergies in infants. He advises parents of the continued importance of protecting their children from harmful UV rays...
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28 Feb 2013
The Cancer Institute NSW is committed to meaningfully including people affected by cancer in all aspects of cancer control by harnessing their valuable expertise to inform grants, policy and activities. Involving consumers in strategic committees is increasingly being recognised as best practice nationally and internationally...
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