Career development
"I joined COSA as a trainee in order to be able to interact with and learn from the wide multidisciplinary organisation which is COSA and I have benefitted greatly from this. The website provides a unique opportunity to network with like minded groups and be kept updated with the Australian oncology scene."
Prof Ian Olver, Chief Executive Officer,
Cancer Council Australia
Member, Familial Cancer, Medical Oncology, Psycho-oncology, Regional and Rural groups
Connected and informed
"My COSA memberships keeps me connected with activities, opportunities and practice changes in the wider world of oncology across Australia. Being as geographically isolated as we are in WA, it makes sure I don't become blinkered to only seeing things 'how it's done here'. Finally, COSA opens doors to influencing and impacting changes in health policy, that affect cancer professionals and consumers."
Meg Plaster
Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Nurse Coordinator
WA Cancer & Palliative Care Network
Member, Cancer Care Coordination interest group
New programs
"COSA has played a vital role in the development of a national program in adolescent and young adult cancer. It has also provided invaluable support as we have established a national sarcoma co-operative research group. Three cheers for COSA!"
A/Prof David Thomas
Medical Oncologist/Head, Sarcoma,
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Member, Medical Oncology Group
Working together
"There is no doubt that COSA has been able to coordinate many of the important players from across the cancer disciplines. By working together much has been achieved. The example par excellence is the COSA regional and rural services mapping report, which became the basis for advocacy and government action on regional cancer centres. COSA enabled a major policy change that will positively impact on our communities for decades to come."
Dr Craig Underhill, Border Medical Oncology,
Murray Valley Private Hospital
Member, Regional and Rural Group
Getting the job done
"COSA represents the broad range of cancer professional groups with the aim to help improve cancer control in this country. As an organisation, it has achieved much over the past three decades and in so doing, has matured a great deal as members seek and address the many and often complex issues that patients, clinicians and researchers across Australia must grapple with to improve outcomes. From research to patient care, from epidemiology to molecular genetics, health services to palliative care, there is much being done under the auspices of COSA, which plays an invaluable role in helping reduce the burden of cancer in our community."
Prof John R Zalcberg OAM
Chief Medical Officer & Executive Director Cancer Medicine,
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Member, Breast Group
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