The Fringe show helping women deal with cancer

One show at this year's Adelaide Fringe Festival explores the true stories of four strong women touched by breast cancer. Science Reporter CLARE PEDDIE talks to the show's creator, with a prominent Adelaide breast cancer researcher, Associate Professor Wendy Ingman, about what we can learn from them. Published in the Advertiser 25/2/2019

Dealing with a difficult diagnosis is character building. Life goes on, for the lucky ones. And those who emerge from the pit of despair often commit what little time they have left to the important things in life: family and friends. 
Many families are touched by breast cancer, the most common cancer among Australian women, accounting for almost a third (28 per cent) of all cancers diagnosed in women. 
In SA, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data shows 1333 women and nine men were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, while 274 women and one man died. Around 400 surgeries to remove breast cancer are conducted at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital each year.

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