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Radiotherapy uses precisely targeted x-rays to destroy cancer cells while reducing the impact of radiation on healthy cells.

Women who have undergone treatment of breast cancer are particularly susceptible to lymphoedema of the arm.

If untreated, melanomas can spread to other parts of the body and may be fatal.

The causes of pancreatic cancer are unknown, but smokers are at greater risk.

Risk factors for throat cancer include smoking or chewing tobacco, drinking alcohol and Human papillomavirus (HPV).

Cervical cancer information including signs and symptoms, screening, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, HPV vaccine and where to get help. Tests are recommended for 25-74 year olds every 5 years.

Smoking increases the risk of mouth cancer six-fold.

Multiple myeloma is cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in Australia (apart from non-melanoma skin cancer) and the second most common cancer to cause death in women.

Bone marrow is the spongy tissue in the hollow centres of a person?s long bones and is the blood cell 'factory'.