cancer
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Ethan’s fight for life
Six-year-old Ethan is a sports and television-loving little boy who is facing a heartbreaking fight for life. On AFL Grand Final week last year, his…
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Digging deep for beloved teacher
The community has rallied behind a much-loved teacher who has been diagnosed with two types of cancer. Sesilia Palu, a Grade 6 teacher at Truganina…
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Dog drug trial helps cancer fight
The University of Melbourne’s U-Vet Werribee Animal Hospital is set to embark on a milestone trial involving a drug which may help dogs, and even…
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Doing laps to save lives
Susan Grant was 38 years old and a single mum when she found out she had breast cancer in 2008. The Werribee resident had gone…
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Relay’s fun and funds
Wyndham Vale residents Nina Nilsson and Bec Salmon know what it’s like to have a loved one diagnosed with cancer. Miss Nilsson’s mother survived breast…
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Push for more cancer screening
The North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network has launched a project aimed at increasing community participation in cancer screening in Wyndham and Brimbank. The network,…
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Help dreams come true for young Josh
The family and friends of Point Cook teenager Josh Erikson have started an online fundraising campaign to help the 17-year-old tick off some of the…
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Friends rally for charity
It takes a brave person to drive an old Ford on a 2500-kilometre mystery route through the Australian wilderness in the name of charity. That’s…
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Cash coup for cancer
By Dewi Sherry It was a function to fight cancer and it turned into a cash bonanza. More than $13,000 was raised at a Girls…
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Cancer survivor launches fundraising night
Raising awareness of bowel cancer is a cause close to the heart of Hoppers Crossing woman Julie Toner. She was diagnosed with the illness in…
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Wyndham Vale teen launches cancer campaign
Cancer has been a big part of Marissa Williamson’s life. Her nan had breast cancer in 2002 and now has lung and throat cancer. Her…
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The long and short of a Mitchal’s fund-raising cause
Mitchal Cunningham has been growing his hair for two years, but he’ll be cutting it off this weekend to support his cousin. When Mitchal, a…
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