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The brave Coast teen who won fight with brain cancer

Underneath the long, flowing locks of Maggie Miller's hair lies a thin six-inch scar she wears like a badge of honour.

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07th May 2019 7:05 AM

POSITIVE OUTCOMES: Maggie Miller is using her battle with cancer to inspire other people and show them that they can beat the disease.

Giving up van life to raise vital funds for brain cancer

A couple who've been 'living the dream' on the Sunshine Coast are selling their home-on-wheels to donate vital funds for...

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03rd May 2019 5:05 AM

VAN LOVE: Rob and Rhia Love are selling their home-on-wheels to raise much-needed funds for brain cancer research.

‘Terminator’ brain cancer faces judgement day

Queensland scientists believe they have found a new weapon in the fight against a brain cancer so deadly it’s nicknamed The...

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26th April 2019 9:04 AM

Melbourne researchers have made a breakthrough that may allow doctors to starve prostate cancers of the “fuel” they need to grow.

'Amazing' mum loses long battle with four types of cancer

A Coast single mother and sole carer for her adult down syndrome son has lost a tragic and long battle with four types of...

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23rd April 2019 7:04 AM

Cavell and Michelle Hyland. She was her 30-year-old son's sole carer.

Mum's school pick-up nightmare sparks life and death battle

Julie Hughes was picking her daughter up from school when the right side of her body just stopped working in late-2017.

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04th April 2019 8:04 AM

DETERMINED: Caloundra West mother Julie Hughes has battled a recurrence of a brain tumour.

Kindness of strangers gives couple light during dark time

THE community has rallied to help raise the $130,000 needed for Joel North's life-saving operation.

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02nd April 2019 7:04 AM

HEARTWARMING: Anita North said she and her husband Joel were grateful for the generosity of the local community who have responded to their GoFundMe campaign to pay for the $130,0000 brain surgery he requires to remove a brain tumour the size of a golf-ball.

Scholarship winner says he's stronger after cancer

Mackay teenager overcomes the threat of childhood cancer to begin the next chapter in his life.

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22nd Feb. 2019 5:02 AM

Aaron Goode and Cate Lawrie received the Ronald McDonald House Charlie Bell Scholarships.

Sewing through their grief

Mum-of-three Kelly Forster has found the strength to keep going after losing her husband Andrew

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11th Feb. 2019 12:02 PM

SCRUNCHIE TIME: Kelly Forster's husband died from brain cancer. The family is now making scrunchies to raise money for the cause. Kelly and her daughter Maddison, 3.

Five year old Aussie hero loses cancer battle

The family of five-year-old Annabelle Potts - diagnosed with a rare brain cancer - has posted on Facebook that she has...

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17th Jan. 2019 7:01 AM

Annabelle Potts and her dad Adam during a visit to Clinica 0-19 in Mexico for treatment. Picture: Nathan Edwards.

'As good as you can be with a hole in your head': KFC Barb

Customer-service legend didn't realise it, but a 'silent assassin' lived within her.

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31st Dec. 2018 5:12 AM

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