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premium_icon Family visit tops bucket list for cancer sufferer

Last year Debbie and her husband David made the decision to stop her treatment – it was the highest oral chemotherapy...

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29th Feb. 2020 5:02 AM

Tannum Sands residents Debbie and David Tilbury are slowly ticking items off Debbie's bucket list after she recently stopped chemotherapy.

premium_icon Mum’s emotional warning as she fights for life

Josie endured an eight hour surgery on Friday and her fight is far from over. Every year more than 1000 women die from this...

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26th Feb. 2020 3:02 PM

Josie Davoren, 50, is recovering from an eight-hour surgery at Gold Coast University Hospital to remove cancers following a reoccurrence of her ovarian cancer. Picture Glenn Hampson

premium_icon Ballina’s dance stars set to shine

TIME for Ballina personalities to take to the dance floor and raise some funds.

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26th Feb. 2020 8:02 AM

Dance instructor Jesie Kernaghan with Lismore Symphony Orchestra representative Josh Boyyens ahead of the Stars of Ballina- Dance for Cancer.

premium_icon Nanna’s cancer battle inspires TJ to chop his afro

When school policy dictated a young boy cut his luscious afro locks he chose to embrace the change for a noble cause.

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24th Feb. 2020 11:02 AM

SHAVING FOR A CURE: TJ Skermer is shaving off his afro as part of the World's Greatest Shave in honour of his nana who passed away from Lymphoma. Photo: Warren Lynam

Truckie to ride remote for cancer

HE NEARLY died in the middle of the remote Australia, but truckie Brett “Slippery” Johnstone is gearing up to attempt a...

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21st Feb. 2020 6:02 AM

Truckie Brett ""Slippery " Johnstone is doing the Challenging the canning for cancer this year.

premium_icon The uncomfortable conversation that could save a life

Early this year my family received the news that my aunty had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

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20th Feb. 2020 4:02 PM

Paige Crossingham has been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer.

premium_icon Bullets legend in the fight of his life

The NBL community is throwing its support behind Brisbane Bullets legend Robert Sibley as he knuckles down for the fight of...

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20th Feb. 2020 8:02 AM

Brisbane Bullets legend Robert Sibley is battling cancer. Picture: Lachie Millard

premium_icon ‘Terrifying’: Baby diagnosed with rare, aggressive cancer

A LISMORE couple was terrified to find their nine-month old unable to stand early this month.

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19th Feb. 2020 11:02 PM

Nine-month-old baby boy Archer has been diagnosed with an extremely rare and aggressive brain cancer known as neuroblastoma and is undergoing critical treatment in at Queensland Children's Hospital.

premium_icon Cancer survivor may have to wait another year for surgery

Queensland’s health minister has been asked to personally follow up with a cancer survivor who has already been kept...

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19th Feb. 2020 1:02 PM

premium_icon Brave survivor: ‘Here are the scars I live with every day’

Breast cancer survivors are waiting years for reconstructive surgery. Women have taken the brave step of baring mastectomy...

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16th Feb. 2020 8:02 AM

Breast cancer survivors are waiting years for reconstructive surgery. Women have taken the brave step of baring mastectomy scars to highlight their struggle.