Media releases
17 November 2011
A study of women after breast surgery indicates that high numbers suffer from sexual dysfunction, a conference of cancer experts in Perth was told today (17/11).
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17 November 2011
A study of caregivers and family members of people with thoracic cancer found that they encounter difficulties on many fronts, from communication with healthcare professionals to access to services, a conference of cancer experts in Perth was told today (17/11).
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17 November 2011
Patients of MPM have poor prognosis and despite treatment with standard chemotherapy, most tumours recur within two years.
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17 November 2011
According to Dr David Thomas, from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, governments needed to urgently reassess the way “radically advanced information” was being utilised in a system that was 30 years old and in urgent need of an overhaul.
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17 November 2011
The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, has new data showing that pregnant women who have cancer can safely tolerate standard doses of carboplatin, the most commonly used chemotherapy, resolving the long debated issue about whether the drug has toxic effects on the foetus.
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16 November 2011
A decision aid designed to help adults with low literacy and education make informed decisions about bowel cancer screening actually deters them from completing tests.
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16 November 2011
A new Australian study has found that men with advanced prostate cancer, who are surviving longer by being treated with a combination of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), are reporting poorer health related quality of life than other treatment groups.
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16 November 2011
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Australia, with an estimated 8100 people dying from the disease in 2010. The prognosis for those diagnosed with lung cancer is generally poor and has improved only slightly in the last twenty years. Palliative care is increasingly included in the management and care of people with advanced malignant and non-malignant diseases, including those with lung cancer.
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16 November 2011
According to Cancer Council NSW, who will present the research today (16/11) at the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) Annual Scientific Meeting, GPs were ordering the tests despite evidence that screening men over 75 for prostate cancer was unlikely to be of benefit.
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15 November 2011
Men’s Health feature writer, Daniel Williams, and Seven News health reporter, Karen O’Sullivan, have been awarded first prize in the print and broadcast categories respectively of the Luminous Awards for 2011. The $5,000 cash prize will be presented to Williams and O’Sullivan at the Clinical Oncological Annual Scientific Meeting in Perth on November 15
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