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

At the request of Senator Bilyk, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) 12 February 2019 was 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, cholangiocarcinoma generally has a five-year survival rate of around 30%, 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.

Question agreed to.