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Introduction Life insurance and income protection insurance are so important, yet people with Lynch syndrome are often denied access to cover. In late March this year, a Parliamentary Enquiry into Life Insurance released a report recommending that Australian Life Insurers no longer use predictive genetic testing (such as testing for... Read More

A new health report from consumers reveals over 80,000 Australians, at increased risk of developing one or more often-aggressive primary cancers in their lifetime, don’t actually know that they’re at risk from a hereditary cancer gene. Lynch Syndrome Australia Founding Director, Ms Beth Fairbank said only 5% of Australians with... Read More

A story about Lynch syndrome, the most prevalent hereditary cancer risk, has now been read by almost half a million people worldwide, thanks to The Conversation Australia and IFL Science. Since its publication on Good Friday, The Conversation ‘Explainer’ article, co-authored by Lynch Syndrome Australia Board member and Macquarie University... Read More

Cancer advocates call for improved diagnosis of common but little-known inherited cancer gene. Lynch Syndrome Australia’s first and only Lynch syndrome education and advocacy group is launching a campaign today to identify many more Australians who are at risk from this inherited susceptibility to cancer. Launched on International Lynch syndrome awareness... Read More