Princess Alexandra Hospital

Music, dancing and heritage filled the Princess Alexandra Hospital Main Foyer on Tuesday as NAIDOC Week was kicked into full swing with an afternoon of celebration.

Last week, Metro South Palliative Care Service held their annual remembrance service where more than 200 people attended and honoured the lives of people who had died within the service in the last 12 months.

Bowel cancer is Australia’s second biggest cancer killer but is one of the most treatable types if found early. This Bowel Cancer Awareness Month Princess Alexandra Hospital Health Promotion Officer Abby Fraser was encouraging the community to ‘Make No. 2 your No. 1 priority’ and participate in the free National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.

Princess Alexandra Hospital’s Professor Sandro Porceddu has headed a new trial, which showed patients with advanced skin cancer can now be spared from having to undergo chemotherapy as surgery combined with radiotherapy was a more effective treatment.