Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senators Bilyk and Griff, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) 14 February 2018 is World Cholangiocarcinoma Day, an international effort to raise awareness of a form of liver cancer that develops in the bile duct cells,

  (ii) 1 in 67 000 Australians are diagnosed each year with cholangiocarcinoma – around one per day,

  (iii) in Australia, liver cancers generally have a five-year survival rate of around 17 per cent, and

  (iv) many cholangiocarcinoma patients are diagnosed too late for potentially curative surgery; and

(b) recognises the need for continued efforts to improve the diagnosis, treatment and survival rates for rare and less common cancers, such as cholangiocarcinoma.