The plan to tackle Australia's biggest killer

Cancer is Australia's biggest killer, taking the lives of 135 people every day. To combat this, the federal government has launched its first-ever national strategy in a bid to address the gaps in care. Dr Sabe Sabesan who is the president of the Clinical Oncology society of Australia and an oncologist at Townsville Cancer Centre, Townsville explains more

Eighteen-year-old cancer patient lies in his hospital bed while receiving IV chemotherapy treatment for a rare form of cancer. Inset (Dr Sabesan)

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