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The number of new human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in Australian females is expected to more than halve by 2010 and fall by 92 per cent by 2050, thanks to extensive HPV vaccination, according to a new study by Cancer Council.

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Improved cancer treatment outcomes in regional Australia will be a test for the Rudd Government’s new rural health reform agenda, the nation’s leading non-government cancer control organisations said today.

Cancer Council Australia and its clinical partner the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) today welcomed the Rudd Government’s announcement of a new Office of Rural Health and a national reform process in response to the Audit of Health Workforce in Rural and Regional Australia, which confirmed severe health workforce shortages outside major centres.

Bowel Cancer Awareness Week starts this Sunday (8 June) and the Cancer Council is calling on all 50 year-olds to take up the new screening opportunity offered by the expanded National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.

The Rudd Government’s $87 million budget commitment to screen all Australians aged 50, 55 and 65 for bowel cancer is a welcome step towards fully implementing the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, Cancer Council Australia said today.

Government should set a timeline and framework for ensuring cervical cancer screening and human papillomavirus immunisation work together to further reduce cervical cancer burden in Australia, according to a report released today (18/3) by The Cancer Council Australia.

Greens leader Bob Brown’s proposed ban on junk food advertising to children could prevent thousands of cancer deaths and should be supported by both houses of federal Parliament, The Cancer Council Australia said today.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s plan to tackle alcohol misuse in young Australians could significantly reduce future cancer burden and is a milestone step towards addressing Australia’s dangerous drinking culture, The Cancer Council Australia said today.

New research from The Cancer Council has shown a big fall in the number of teens deliberately tanning, down 45 per cent over the past three years. Yet despite the promising trend, almost a quarter of teens are still getting sunburnt over a typical summer weekend.

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Urgent action was needed in the form of a nationwide ban to stop children being exposed to toxic cigarette smoke in cars, The Cancer Council Australia said today (World Cancer Day - Feb 4).

A commitment to fix remote patient travel and accommodation schemes must be factored into the 2008-09 Federal Budget if the Rudd Government is to make real progress on improving rural health outcomes, The Cancer Council Australia said today (24/1).

Lives will be unnecessarily lost unless the Rudd Government’s first budget includes a permanent commitment to bowel cancer screening that backs up the Prime Minister’s policies on health reform and co-operation with the states, The Cancer Council Australia said today.