How to prevent and detect cancer

Vivo wellness webinar

About 2 in 5 Australians will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 80[1]. Even if you’re not directly affected, chances are you’ll know a family member, friend or colleague who is.

While cancer is likely to touch all of us, roughly a third of cancer cases are preventable – and more than half could potentially be avoided with changes to our lifestyles[2]. That’s why it’s vital to understand the facts about cancer, especially as they relate to prevention and early detection.

What to expect

In this important webinar, highly regarded Consultant General Surgeon and cancer surgeon Professor Rupert Hodder takes a practical look at cancer, focusing on ways to help you prevent it or detect it early.

Hosted by multi-award-winning health, wellness and recovery provider Vivo by MLC Life Insurance, this webinar will cover the following:
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  • types of cancers and their causes
  • your level of risk of developing cancer
  • the main symptoms to look out for and act on straightaway
  • the types of cancer screening options that are available
  • things you can change today to help reduce the risk of getting cancer.

About our expert


Professor Rupert Hodder, MBChB, BSC, MD, FRCS, FRACS, is a highly regarded Consultant General Surgeon, cancer surgeon, researcher and award-winning educator.

As a surgeon, Professor Hodder specialises in gastrointestinal surgery, surgery for sarcomas (cancers developing in bones and soft tissues) and inflammatory bowel disease. He is actively involved in research, extensively published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and presented across Australia and worldwide.

Professor Hodder graduated in medicine at the University of Liverpool in the UK and underwent advanced training in general surgery. He has a Medical Research Degree through the NHS and has completed training in coloproctology, making him a dual Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons England.

After arriving in Australia, he gained recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He now works as a Consultant General Surgeon and member of the Medical Executive Committee at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, a position he’s held since 2007. He also started a private practice surgical group at Hollywood Hospital in 2010, where he ran the group for ten years.

A committed educator, Professor Hodder was awarded the EF Haywood Award for Best Clinical Teacher of the Year at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in 2020. He has held several academic roles at Western Australia’s Notre Dame and Curtin Universities and is currently an adjunct professor and an associate clinical professor at Curtin University.

[1] Cancer Australia, ‘Cancer in Australia Statistics’, N.D., accessed 14 February 2024
[2] Cancer Australia, ‘Recommendations’, N.D., accessed 14 February 2024

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  • CancerAid Pty Ltd (ABN 75 607 610 257)
  • Ipar Rehabilitation Pty Ltd (ABN 37 1042 343 17)
  • Beyond Pain Pty Ltd (ABN 37 741 376 019)
  • Guardian Exercise Rehabilitation Pty Ltd (ABN 27 159 858 349)
  • Specialised Health Pty Ltd ABN 99 631 179 09)
  • The Violet Initiative Ltd (ABN 95 267 224 727 ; ACN  143 224 293)
  • Bites Health Clinic (ABN 2280 129 0674)
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The Vivo wellness webinars are made available to you by MLC Limited (MLC Life Insurance) ABN 90 000 000 402 AFSL 230694 as part of its Vivo program. Anyone can access these wellness webinars. The wellness webinars do not replace your relationship with and care from your current doctor, other treating health providers and health consultants. The presentations reflect the expertise and opinions of the specialists and professionals. MLC Limited accepts no liability for any information provided in the webinars.
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