News for 2011
21 Nov 2011
People across NSW are urged to be on red-alert this summer when it comes to UV (ultra violet) exposure, as the Cancer Institute NSW’s Melanoma Red-Zone Map reveals communities with the highest rates of melanoma skin cancer...
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30 Oct 2011
The Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research, Jillian Skinner, has today announced the launch of a life-saving campaign encouraging women to be vigilant about cervical screening. ..
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21 Oct 2011
The draft NSW Skin Cancer Prevention Strategy 2012-15 has been released by the Cancer Institute NSW for public consultation, the Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research, Jillian Skinner, announced today. ..
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05 Oct 2011
The University of Sydney in partnership with BreastScreen NSW and Ziltron, has developed a pioneering web-based programme to monitor the performance of radiologists in detecting and diagnosing abnormalities in breast x-rays. ..
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04 Oct 2011
The Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research, Jillian Skinner, is rallying women across NSW to take their life in their own hands this Breast Cancer Awareness Month...
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22 Sep 2011
The Cancer Institute NSW has provided funding for a new Anti‐Tobacco Community Grants Program for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities which will run from 1 January 2011 – 30 June 2013...
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06 Sep 2011
Participation rates for potentially life saving cancer screening are worryingly low in areas of Sydney with large Chinese, Vietnamese and Arabic populations. This is why for Multicultural Health Week (5–12 September 2011) the Cancer Institute NSW is urging these women to have regular screening mammograms and Pap tests every two years. ..
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06 Sep 2011
The NSW Liberals & Nationals Government will invest a massive $105.6 million in medical research in the 2011-12 Budget, significantly more than the previous Labor Government, the Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research, Jillian Skinner, said today...
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02 Sep 2011
What do Adam Spencer, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Professor Vanessa Hayes have in common?..
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17 Aug 2011
Prostate cancer patients are receiving world-class treatment at St George Hospital’s Prostate Cancer Institute with the second stage of construction now complete...
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09 Aug 2011
An innovative pilot program could help women stay one step ahead of cervical cancer by sending online reminders to doctors if regular screening tests are missed...
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22 Jul 2011
Cancer Institute NSW CEO and Chief Cancer Officer, Professor David Currow, yesterday launched eviQEd, with the first of a series of training courses designed to standardise and implement best practice in cancer care for NSW health professionals...
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21 Jul 2011
Welcome to the Cancer Institute NSW's new look website. Here, you will find news, publications, events and resources to help keep you informed, connected and up to date with the progress of the NSW cancer care community’s efforts in reducing the impact of cancer in our state. We hope you like the changes. ..
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15 Jul 2011
A breakthrough study of cellular immortalisation - the ability of cancer cells to divide an unlimited number of times - has helped Professor Roger Reddel from the Children's Medical Research Institute win the 2011 Premier's Award for Outstanding Cancer Researcher...
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14 Jul 2011
More than $30 million will be invested in cancer research projects across seven major centres in NSW, the Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research, Jillian Skinner, announced today...
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04 Jul 2011
The Cancer Institute NSW is pleased to advise that the Guidelines and Application Forms for the Round 3, 2011 Competitive Grants are now available online...
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10 Jun 2011
eviQ continues to provide tools and resources for cancer professionals at the point of care...
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09 Jun 2011
eviQ chemotherapy protocols in NSW will soon be linked to individual patients to produce groundbreaking data capturing clinical variation...
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05 Jun 2011
The Cancer Institute NSW, the NSW Government agency responsible for some of the most popular and identifiable tobacco campaigns in the country, is throwing their support behind the Federal Government’s plain-packaging legislation...
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01 Jun 2011
NSW Chief Cancer Officer and CEO of the Cancer Institute NSW Professor David Currow today responded to the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Cancer Research reclassification of mobile phones as possibly carcinogenic...
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04 Feb 2011
New figures released today show the highly successful Sponge television campaign - developed by the Cancer Institute NSW - is prompting hundreds of thousands of smokers to ‘butt-out’ around the world...
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01 Feb 2011
February is National Ovarian Cancer Month – an opportunity to raise awareness about the prevalence of the disease amongst Australian women as well as the symptoms that signal ovarian cancer in its early stages...
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18 Jan 2011
One of Australia’s leading experts in cancer treatment and nursing has been appointed to head the team responsible for improving cancer outcomes at the Cancer Institute New South Wales...
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