One of the key milestones in my awareness campaigns occurred when I featured as a guest blogger for one of the biggest cancer ‘support' organisations in the world – Macmillan. The aim of the blog ‘Sorry I'm not in service' was…

Exercise should be prescribed to all cancer patients, and not to do so would be harmful, some of Australia's leading experts on cancer have warned. The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia has launched its position statement on the role of…

Look on any site about Neuroendocrine Tumours (NETs) and you'll find the term IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) frequently mentioned. That's because it's a common misdiagnosis for many before being formally diagnosed with NETs. But what exactly is…

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Every four minutes someone in Australia is diagnosed with cancer. Only one in ten of those diagnosed will exercise enough during and after their treatment. But every one of those patients would benefit from exercise. I'm part of Australia's peak…

There's a lot of scary diseases in this world and some of them are particularly spooky. One such disease is the lesser known type of cancer that infiltrated my body – Neuroendocrine Cancer (aka Neuroendocrine Tumors or NET for short). Not…

The college's analysis of NHS England's 10 high impact actions found that social prescribing - referring patients for non-medical care such as exercise classes or social groups - was among the most effective at reducing GP workload. Nearly three in…

Shortcuts to my most read blogs (over 3000 views). Click on the blog title links on the left to read and please feel free to share. In first place - Neuroendocrine Cancer Syndromes - Early Signs of a Late Diagnosis - 14,427 views - click on the…

I've posted extensively about this subject on Facebook early last year, focused on the ongoing Neuroendocrine Cancer trial in Uppsala Sweden. I wanted to incorporate this information into a single article ready for future news, whilst at the same…

Although initially considered rare tumours, the most recent data indicates the incidence of NETs has increased exponentially over the last 4 decades and they are as common as Myeloma, Testicular Cancer, and Hodgkin's Lymphoma. In terms of…