Australia helps develop world-first mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma
The Sydney scientist who was a colleague of the late Professor Richard Scolyer was a driving force behind the breakthrough treatment.
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Tim Read, member for Brunswick in Victoria, dies after cancer battle
Read, who was 64, was remembered fondly by colleagues on different sides of Parliament.
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Glenda noticed blood on her son’s sheets. A year later he was dead from a ‘cracked heel’
A mother’s urgent warning to Aussies as we approach the first summer after that SPF scandal.
Sydney business slapped with $35,000 fine over illegal tanning services
It can increase your cancer risk by up to 75 per cent.
Irish tradie issues warning to expats after shock diagnosis
An Irish carpenter living in Sydney has shared a health warning for other expats after he was diagnosed with a deadly skin cancer.
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Cricket legend's confronting photo as he shares reminder
"Yesterday I had another cancer removed from my face."
Revolutionary high-risk, early-stage melanoma treatment sees survival rates surge
Doctors are confident the new approach, which will be subsidised by the PBS, will overhaul treatments of other deadly cancers.
'Walking miracle': Melanoma patients cured of the disease after terminal diagnosis
Melanoma patients who were told to get their affairs in order have been cured of the disease.
Peptides copied from crabs and spiders could one day treat melanoma
Scientists are using molecules found in creepy crawlies to fight untreatable melanoma.
Melanoma blood test could detect skin cancer before it's visible to naked eye
Around 2000 Australians are killed by skin cancer each year but a new research breakthrough could save countless lives from the deadly disease.