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Queensland Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski.

Qld police chief to return to work following ‘rollercoaster’ cancer battle

“I feared I had very little time left,” said Commissioner Steve Gollschewski, whose cancer treatment proved “highly effective”.

  • Brittney Deguara

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Brisbane band Bugs performing at the Princess Theatre.

‘Beautiful to see’: Brisbane bands unite to help bassist’s cancer fight

An all-day festival at the Tivoli will raise funds for a popular figure in the music scene.

  • Nick Dent
Sharmila Lakshmanaa: “It does not matter how you got lung cancer. No one deserves lung cancer.”

The ‘unworthy’ cancer with a terrible survival rate and the program seeking to change it

It’s Australia’s most lethal cancer. It kills more women and men every year than breast and prostate cancer combined. But it remains deeply stigmatised.

  • Liam Mannix
Max Shearer was just 11 years old when doctors discovered a rare form of brain cancer.

The surreal moment this man saw a piece of his brain in a bank

If not for two white scars, concealed under a sweep of brown hair, there’s no evidence that 21-year-old Max Shearer was once seriously ill.

  • Courtney Kruk
Richard Scolyer and his wife, Katie Nicoll, take their dog Cha Cha for a run ahead of the City2Surf on Sunday.

‘I’m not giving up now’: Richard Scolyer defies cancer to run City2Surf

The former Australian of the Year continues showing remarkable resilience after the return of his brain tumour.

  • Garry Maddox
Collette Chase had no family history or any genetic factors that would predispose her to breast cancer.

Australian cancer breakthrough could end relapse for thousands, including Colette

Finding out how “seeds” of breast cancer hide themselves in bones and how to stop them “waking up” could offer hope of an end to breast cancer recurrence.

  • Wendy Tuohy
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Double mastectomy recipient Robyn Smith is running the City2Surf topless next weekend.

When her mum got sick, Robyn learnt she had a ‘ticking time-bomb’ in her chest

Robyn Smith will run the City2Surf topless next Sunday to raise funds for inherited cancer research and support.

  • Christine Lee
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Hope is not a plan: Public patients shouldn’t be penalised

Colonoscopy waiting times for some public patients means vital time is being lost that could be the difference in successfully treating a life-threatening condition. 

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Sherri has been waiting nine months to see if she has bowel cancer.

Patients face ‘agonising’ nine-month wait for cancer diagnosis

Sherri received a positive result from a take-home bowel cancer test in October. But the mother of two had to wait until this week to have a colonoscopy at her local public hospital.

  • Henrietta Cook
Lucy Haslam became a campaigner for legalising medical cannabis after her son, Dan (pictured), found the drug relieved the side effects of his chemotherapy treatment for bowel cancer.

The medicinal cannabis law was named after my son. Now shady companies are damaging his legacy

I was instrumental in the push to legalise medicinal cannabis in Australia when my son, Dan, was dying of cancer. It changed his life. But unscrupulous operators are ruining what I fought for.

  • Lucy Haslam