April 2017

18

Apr

2017

Nominations open for community awards

Star Weekly

It’s easy to see why Julie Toner was named Wyndham council’s 2016 citizen of the year.

The Hoppers Crossing resident, who last week notched up her 29th consecutive year manning the phones at the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Good Friday Appeal, is also a tireless fundraiser for the Cancer Council and Bowel Cancer Australia.

07

Apr

2017

You are not alone

Bowel Cancer Australia

Holidays are often a time spent with family, and so they underscore the absence of a loved one more than any other time.

Over the Easter holiday weekend, many will be reminded of loved ones lost to bowel cancer.

Bowel Cancer Australia wants you to know that you are not alone.

07

Apr

2017

Obesity and bowel cancer

Bowel Cancer Australia

Almost two in three adults and one in four children in Australia are overweight or obese.

Obesity is classified as a disease, but it is also a risk factor linked to many other diseases, including heart disease, stroke and a number of cancers.

Research has linked obesity to oesophageal adenocarcinoma; bowel cancer; cancer of the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts; pancreatic cancer; postmenopausal breast cancer; endometrial cancer; kidney cancer; and multiple myeloma (cancer in the plasma in the blood).

Emerging evidence suggests obesity may also contribute to another eight cancers.

In the United States, excess body weight is second only to smoking in terms of modifiable risk factors resulting in death from cancer.

04

Mar

2014

Meat Free Week

Bowel Cancer Australia

18-24 Sept

Every year, Meat Free Week encourages you to think about how much meat you eat and the impact eating too much has on your health, the environment and animals. At the same time, you'll also raise funds and awareness for a very worthwhile cause – Bowel Cancer Australia.

Going meat free for seven days for Meat Free Week is a great way to get Aussies thinking about the amount of meat they eat, and cutting down to help reduce their bowel cancer risk.

07

Apr

2017

Biologics and biosimilars not 'identical' - why it matters

Bowel Cancer Australia

In Australia, 15,000 people receive a bowel cancer diagnosis each year and despite improvements in screening, approximately 20% of patients diagnosed with bowel cancer already have metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis.

In addition, 30 – 50% go on to develop metastatic disease within 2 – 2.5 years.

Alongside standard chemotherapy, the introduction of targeted biologics has significantly expanded the treatment options for advanced bowel cancer, also known as metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

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