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Sector leader

Anita Dessaix

chair of the Cancer Council's public health committee

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Cancer

Last quoted

Aug 2026

Anita Dessaix: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
chair of the Cancer Council's public health committee
Quoted on
Cancer
Tracked press citations
1
Most recently quoted
27 Aug 2026

“Early detection of ovarian cancer was vital but it's important that any test used for cancer screening is supported by strong evidence demonstrating that the benefits outweigh the potential harms.”

Where Anita Dessaix has been quoted

  1. Ads call ovarian cancer a ‘silent killer’. But does urging women to undergo early detection testing do more harm than good? | Antiviraltheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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