Breast Cancer
Mary-Claire King. Photo: Instagram
November 19, 2025, 9:38 am
Mary-Claire King and the secrets written in our DNA
While pancreatic cancer is the eighth most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, it’s estimated that it will be the third most common cause of death from cancer in 2025.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Breast Cancer Awareness Panel Discussion on October 24, 2025. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 28, 2025, 5:06 pm
Raising awareness about breast cancer
‘Cancer support circle’ for Jewish women in Melbourne to be launched.
By AJN STAFF
Jayne Shaw.
July 13, 2023, 10:44 am
Ashkenazi Jewish women urged to donate blood samples
Australian bio-tech company BCAL Diagnostics is currently developing a groundbreaking blood screening test to detect breast cancer.
By Carly Adno
Cancer genetics clinician Dr Lesley Andrews. Photo: Noel Kessel
May 24, 2023, 7:25 am
Managing breast cancer risk
The BRCA JeneScreen program, supported by Wolper Jewish Hospital, screens for these three gene faults in any man or woman with Jewish ancestry.
By AJN STAFF
Photo: Dreamstime
May 11, 2023, 9:57 am
Being ‘breast aware’ is just the start
'Ashkenazi Jewish women are more likely to have breast cancer and to develop it at a younger age due to BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations.'
By Sharyn Kolieb
Photo: Twitter
August 9, 2022, 7:42 am
Olivia Newton-John dies at 73
Australian icon Olivia Newton-John, whose grandfather Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born was Jewish, has passed away in California.
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