Tell them the truth:how to discuss cancer with children

Tell them the truth:how to discuss cancer with children

Princess Catherine has announced her cancer diagnosis. So how should adults break news of their own cancer diagnosis to children?

  • byBenjamin Preiss

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Like Catherine,more under-50s are being diagnosed with cancer

Like Catherine,more under-50s are being diagnosed with cancer

Globally and in Australia,more people are being diagnosed with cancer before their 50th birthday.

  • byMary Ward
Princess of Wales announces she is receiving treatment for cancer

Princess of Wales announces she is receiving treatment for cancer

The wife of the heir to the British throne said it had been “an incredibly tough couple of months” for her family.

  • byRob Harris
ABC’s James Valentine announces cancer diagnosis,will be off-air

ABC’s James Valentine announces cancer diagnosis,will be off-air

The Afternoons presenter shared his diagnosis with listeners on Thursday.

  • byNell Geraets
The genetic ‘crystal ball’:Would you want to know which disease will kill you?

The genetic ‘crystal ball’:Would you want to know which disease will kill you?

Your risk of cancer,heart attack and Alzheimer’s could be revealed with a swab of saliva. But the burgeoning DNA technology has significant flaws.

  • byAngus Dalton
Cancer or harmless? Doctors grapple with a rise in ‘incidentalomas’

Cancer or harmless? Doctors grapple with a rise in ‘incidentalomas’

They are the small,dark spots on medical scans that no one was looking for. They could be harmless or life-threatening,and they are on the rise.

  • byHenrietta Cook
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Karma,punishment,coincidence? A GP faces his cancer diagnosis

Karma,punishment,coincidence? A GP faces his cancer diagnosis

Can a medico avoid the mind games that follow a cancer diagnosis? Not this one.

  • byPeter Goldsworthy
Overhaul of melanoma detection could help high-risk patients

Overhaul of melanoma detection could help high-risk patients

A program trying to harness AI to radically change how skin cancer is detected is being considered by the Albanese government.

  • byClay Lucas andHenrietta Cook
King Charles says well-wishers left him ‘in tears’

King Charles says well-wishers left him ‘in tears’

Charles’ meeting with PM Rishi Sunak was the first sight of him in a formal setting since his cancer diagnosis was announced more than two weeks ago.

  • byRob Harris
Why asbestos mulch crisis is just the tip of a lethal iceberg

Why asbestos mulch crisis is just the tip of a lethal iceberg

If we are to be free of this health scourge,all asbestos must be removed from our built environment and safely disposed of.

  • byMatt Peacock
Three times as many cancers linked with physical inactivity than previously thought
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Three times as many cancers linked with physical inactivity than previously thought

New research shows a 350 per cent increase in the estimated cancers that are attributable to people not moving enough.

  • bySarah Berry