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The following is a list of cancer types. Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells , with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [ 1 ]
Lung cancer in Australia has killed more than 9,000 people and there are estimated to be over 12,500 new cases as of 2018. [ 1] Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Australia and is responsible for one fifth of cancer diagnosis in the nation. [ 2] It is differentiated into two different types: Non-small cell lung cancer and small ...
The brown snake is not the most venomous Australian snake, but it has caused the most deaths. [1]Wildlife attacks in Australia occur every year from several different native species, [2] [3] including snakes, spiders, freshwater and saltwater crocodiles, various sharks, cassowaries, kangaroos, stingrays and stonefish and a variety of smaller marine creatures such as bluebottles, blue-ringed ...
Cancer Australia is the lead cancer control agency to the Government of Australia. [2] The organisation was founded to raise cancer awareness to support those affected by cancer within Australia and its territories. The main focus of the organisation is to advise the Government on cancer control, develop policies, and to assist those living ...
The Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake is a common deity often seen as the creator God, [ 1] known by numerous names in different Australian Aboriginal languages by the many different Aboriginal peoples. It is a common motif in the art and religion of many Aboriginal Australian peoples. [ 2] Much like the archetypal mother goddess, the Rainbow ...
Invasive species in Australia are a serious threat to the native biodiversity, and an ongoing cost to Australian agriculture. [ 1] Numerous species arrived with European maritime exploration and colonisation of Australia and steadily since then. [ 2] There is much ongoing debate about the potential benefits and detriments of introduced species ...
Cancer Council Queensland is Queensland's foremost anti-cancer organisation. It is an independent, community-based charity and is not government funded. Cancer Council aims to reduce the impact of cancer—particularly the suffering it causes—and ultimately to eliminate the disease, by raising funds to advance cancer research; improve cancer treatment; support people with cancer, their ...
The Australian Cancer Research Foundation ( ACRF) is an Australian not-for-profit organisation which funds research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of all types of cancer. It provides multimillion-dollar grants for high-end research equipment, technologies, and infrastructure development to support the work of Australian cancer ...