Margaret Fitzherbert

CEO Children’s Cancer Foundation | Bowel Cancer Australia Ambassador | Writer

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. https://t.co/cqpafPbNOj

[BowelCancerAustralia @BowelCancerAust]

“Today I was pleased to lodge the Parliamentary Friends of Bowel Cancer with my co-chair the member for Adelaide. Bowel cancer has affected my own family, and today I send a shoutout and my best wishes to Trent. Tegan, from my electorate of Nicholls, is in the gallery and one of the most inspirational people I've met. Prior to her visit today, we shared a coffee in her hometown of Kilmore, and she told me her story of being diagnosed with bowel cancer at age 39. Tegan has been through so much, but she maintains an incredibly positive attitude. We owe it to all of those brave ambassadors here today to help raise the level of awareness about early-onset bowel cancer and of how early diagnosis can save lives.” ~ Sam Birrell MP.

Warmest thanks Sam Birrell MP for sharing Tegan’s empowering story and co-chairing the Parliamentary Friends of Bowel Cancer. As well as acknowledging Bowel Cancer Australia’s Call On Canberra and Never2Young Advocacy Agenda in the Statement By Members at Parliament House.

Helping us to raise much-needed awareness and advocate for important policy change in relation to early-onset bowel cancer.

#CallOnCanberra2025 #Never2Young #BowelCancerAustralia @SamBirrellMP

[Margaret Fitzherbert @FitzherbertMJ]

Great news today: the Children’s Cancer Foundation & My Room are jointly gifting $6.4m to ⁦@thewomens⁩ for a free, national fertility preservation program for children & young people with cancer. I’ve loved working on this!

[BowelCancerAustralia @BowelCancerAust]

We've partnered with @Kleenex® to help Australian's develop a better understanding of their poo, the symptoms of bowel cancer and the importance of early detection, because when diagnosed early almost 99 percent of cases can be successfully treated!

[Margaret Fitzherbert @FitzherbertMJ]

Last week the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium Ltd celebrated some big milestones: a new CEO, an independent board & $35m in funding from the Vic state govt, matched by $10m from the Children’s Cancer Foundation. A big day in the fight against #childrenscancer

[7NEWS Melbourne @7NewsMelbourne]

A new alliance of researchers and philanthropists have joined forces in the fight against childhood cancers.

The consortium puts Victoria’s brightest minds at the forefront of medical science and the search for a cure. https://t.co/XvO7WGisEz @SharnelleVella #7NEWS

[VCCC Alliance @VCCCAlliance]

Our CEO @Prof_G_McArthur AO this week attended the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium Ltd (VPCC) official launch. He has been appointed to its board and looks forward to championing childhood cancer breakthroughs, for patients and their families. @BenCarrollMP @JaalaPulford

[💥Dr💥 Julia Baird @bairdjulia]

The lack of interrogation of Elle Macpherson's story of healing herself holistically from cancer is a failure of journalism, editing and promotion. I would have died if I'd ignored the science. My column for @smh @theage

https://t.co/Teg9nTQ5oz

[#AusOpen @AustralianOpen]

AUSSIE GOLDRUSH 🤩

Congrats, @mattebden and @johnwpeers! 🥇

#Paris2024 #Olympics #Tennis

[Australian Bureau of Statistics @ABSStats]

June is #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth. Bowel cancer is the 2nd leading cause for cancer-related deaths in Australia.
Read about the signs and symptoms here https://t.co/9mVtzt7H7h

[BowelCancerAustralia @BowelCancerAust]

Warmest thanks to @MattCrossMP , @ChrisCrewther , @DonnaJBauer, @VicParliament , and MPs and Senators around the country for acknowledging Red Apple Day yesterday. Helping to spread the word for Bowel Cancer Australia’s Annual Giving Day.

#BowelCancerAustralia #RedAppleDay #AnnualGivingDay #Never2Young

[Margaret Fitzherbert @FitzherbertMJ]

No one has a stoma without a very serious medical reason, @antoinette_news & many are far from old. This was so nasty & unnecessary. And on #redappleday too, the annual giving day for @BowelCancerAust #nevertooyoung

[Elizabeth Adams @ramblingivy22]

@Leo_Puglisi6 @antoinette_news “The colostomy bag crowd”? Really???

What a lovely way to further stigmatise people with difficult medical conditions. Simply disgraceful, @antoinette_news

[BowelCancerAustralia @BowelCancerAust]

We need to find answers as to why the rates of bowel cancer diagnoses and deaths in younger people is on the rise.

Please help us reach our $200,000 target to fund early-onset bowel cancer research and build a path toward a cure.

https://t.co/G4guBBfDIT

A big thank you to Bowel Cancer Australia spokesperson Dr Brad Morris for filming this great video for us.

#BowelCancerAustralia #Never2Young #RedAppleDay #AnnualGivingDay

[BowelCancerAustralia @BowelCancerAust]

TWO DAYS TO GO: Wednesday June 19 is our Annual Giving Day, with all donations MATCHED so they have DOUBLE the impact.

11% of all new bowel cancer cases occur in people under the age of 50. 1,716 young people hear those four words ‘you have bowel cancer’ each year and sadly 315 young lives are cut short due to the disease annually.

$100 = $200 can help fund patient-centred research to improve our understanding of early-onset bowel cancer.

Please save the date and help us reach our $200,000 target to fund early-onset bowel cancer research and build a path toward a cure.

#BowelCancerAustralia #Never2Young #RedAppleDay #AnnualGivingDay

[BowelCancerAustralia @BowelCancerAust]

Participation rates in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program have fallen for a second year, which is of concern, given the program's life-saving potential as 99 per cent of bowel cancer cases can be successfully treated when detected early.

Around 6 million Australians aged 50-74 were sent out free bowel cancer screening kits in the mail in 2022, yet only 40 per cent chose to take the test, new data from the program's 2024 Monitoring Report shows.

This figure is a further drop of almost one per cent on participation rates in 2021, which were 40.9 per cent.

Each year over 15,300 Australians are diagnosed with bowel cancer, with 1-in-9 new bowel cancer cases occurring in people under age 50.

Bowel cancer is Australia’s second deadliest cancer, claiming over 5,300 lives each year.

Warmest thanks to @gabyrogers @emcpherson_9 @9NewsAUS for continuing to help us raise awareness of bowel cancer and the importance of early detection.

https://t.co/pWWR3GlDcT

#BowelCancerAustralia #BowelCancerScreening #BowelCancer #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth

[Margaret Fitzherbert @FitzherbertMJ]

So good to see increasing numbers of articles like this during bowel cancer awareness month #nevertooyoung Why more young people are being diagnosed with bowel cancer – and how to reduce your risk ⁦@BowelCancerAust⁩ https://t.co/DZkkRN38ST

[Richmond FC 🐯 @Richmond_FC]

What we've been working towards 💪

#AFLCrowsTigers | #gotiges

[BowelCancerAustralia @BowelCancerAust]

It’s the first day of #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth, and we’re placing the spotlight on #BowelCancerSymptoms (think B-O-W-E-L).

Find ways to get involved this June:
https://t.co/mQHDCEUL1o

And start posting using our new downloadable tiles:
https://t.co/fYoEMaNjI6

[Margaret Fitzherbert @FitzherbertMJ]

The signs you might have bowel cancer #nevertooyoung ⁦@BowelCancerAust⁩ https://t.co/OfABPPatOE