What's new in October, with links to support, information and other items of interest. Study: what is your experience of caring for someone with cancer? 13 October - Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day It's National ...
What's new in September, with links to support, information and other items of interest. September is Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month September is Lymphoma Awareness Month...
According to the Leukaemia Foundation, blood cancer has increased by 47% in Australia in the past 10 years and 51 Australians are diagnosed with blood cancer every day. What is blood cancer? Blood cancer...
What's new in August, with links to support, information and other items of interest. Lymphoedema Association info day Lung Cancer Screening Program update and support Occupational lung cancer study Cancer Wellness P...
What's new in July, with links to support, information and other items of interest. Free webinar: Lymphoedema & Head and Neck Cancer July is Sarcoma Awareness Month Free support group for partners of women with meta...
This July, we are turning the spotlight on head and neck cancers, as part of an Awareness Month coinciding with World Head and Neck Cancer Day on 27 July. These are a relatively rare group of cancers, but according to Head an...
What's new in June, with links to support, information and other items of interest. June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month NAIDOC Week 7–14 July Rare Cancers Awareness Day - June 26 Head and neck cancer study Got ...
June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Bowel cancer (also called colorectal cancer) is cancer of a lower part of the bowel – the colon or the rectum. 1 in 15 Australian women will develop bowel cancer is their...
Volunteers are the heart of Counterpart What better time to reflect on the importance of our volunteers than National Volunteer Week? We are lucky enough to benefit from volunteer assistance in a range of ways: volunteers prov...
What's new in May, with links to support, information and other items of interest. Survey: How many women experience long-term side-effects after cancer and cancer treatment? Melanoma Patients Australia and Melanoma Instit...
What's new in April, with links to support, information and other items of interest. April is Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month Inquiry into Women's Pain World Cancer Rehab Week: 15–21 April Ovarian Cancer Austral...
Lymphoedema: what you need to know March is Lymphoedema Awareness Month, so we are sharing information for people who have had treatment for cancer and may be at risk of developing this condition. What is lymphoedema? Ly...
What's new in March, with links to support, information and other items of interest. March is Lymphoedema Awareness Month New cancer story published Help develop a resource for gynaecological cancer nurses Advance Ca...
Every February, Counterpart joins others in acknowledging Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. We support the important work others are doing to educate women about ovarian cancer. We also use this time to talk about the support and i...
Judy Sammut OAM is an exercise instructor with a lived experience of breast cancer. She is tireless advocate for exercise after cancer, and volunteered for Counterpart for nearly 20 years. In 2013, she was awarded with our inaugr...