With Blood Cancer Month beginning yesterday, the Hon. Anthony Albanese MP has confirmed his support for the Australian blood cancer community, by recording an important message to raise awareness of one of Australia’s most prevalent and deadly cancers.
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Despite advancements in care, there remains a troubling cancer health divide affecting many different communities across the country. A divide that 32-year-old Carlia Van Den Hoek knows all too well.
With Blood Cancer Month on the horizon, the Hon. Anthony Albanese MP met with one of the 140,000 Australians living with blood cancer to hear about their personal experience with the disease.