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New research led by Cancer Institute NSW fellow Dr Pradeep Tanwar is linking the combined oral contraceptive pill to reducing the risk of ovarian cancer in women.

Looking to the past, it’s promising to see how far we’ve come in treating, detecting and reducing cancers worldwide.

This World Cancer Day, 4 February, at the Cancer Institute NSW we’re saying “We Can. I Can” end cancers as we know them.

A new study shows over 100 lives and $60 million were saved in NSW over eight years due to skin cancer campaigns.

A recent paper from the Cancer Institute NSW and NSW Health, published in Public Health Research & Practice, has found that control measures such as tobacco tax and smoke free environments have influenced the decline in NSW youth smoking rates to a record low of only 6.7 per cent.

The Cancer Institute NSW is urging Australians to gear up to protect themselves from our national cancer this Australia Day.

In an urgent bid to encourage better lifestyle habits, NSW Health will continue to push their Make Healthy Normal campaign throughout 2016.

At least one third of all cancer cases are associated with lifestyle factors, so this New Year, the Cancer Institute NSW is encouraging people to choose a resolution to reduce their cancer risk.

The Cancer Institute NSW has committed $500,000 towards researchers at the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI), who are embarking on a world-first study – mapping the protein structures of all cancer types.

A new study on skin cancer shows the overwhelming costs on the NSW community.