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Oncology News Australia • Nov 10, 2020  1:27
We’re back to our standard format for today’s episode of The Oncology Journal Club This week the team are back with a ...
funding for The Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre which opened in September 2016. Dr Underhill is the VCCC Regional Oncology Lead and
 
 
Partners
Mirage News • Nov 11, 2020  12:42
The latest animation technology has revealed the molecular detail of how our bodies are protected from cancer by a key ‘tumour suppressor’ ...
of how our bodies are protected from cancer by a key ‘tumour suppressor’ protein. The new WEHI-TV animation visualises discoveries from more
 
ABC Radio Melbourne • Nov 15, 2020  13:48
Prostate cancer diagnoses plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic because men were not getting checked, according to Professor Declan ...
Urologist and Director of Genito-Urinary (GU) Oncology at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Professor Murphy said men over 50 should speak to
 
 
Lung Cancer
Ausdoc • Nov 13, 2020  17:24
Overall test numbers are down on the same time last year, Cancer Australia report shows
by 27% between March and April. Oncologist and CEO of Cancer Australia Professor Dorothy Keefe says the analysis of MBS data shows a notable
 
Mirage News • Nov 13, 2020  12:30
Asbestos hazard from Shutterstock With more than 650 Australians diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma last year, Flinders University is ...
many houses still contain asbestos, so exposure during renovations is common. Australia has one of the highest per-capita rates of asbestos-
 
The Canberra Times (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Nov 13, 2020  4:0
The number of people getting tested for prostate cancer fell by 30 per cent during the height of the pandemic. ...
and have maintained a steady trend above 2019 levels. Cancer Australia chief executive Professor Dorothy Keefe said those figures reflected
 
 
Melanoma
Insight Plus • Nov 16, 2020  0:23
THIS week marks National Skin Cancer Action Week and despite advances in the field of cutaneous oncology, non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) ...
(NMSC) continues to pose a significant burden on the health of Australians. Australia leads the world in incidence of melanoma and NMSC; a
 
 
Pancreatic Cancer
Sky News Australia • Nov 14, 2020  12:14
November marks Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and the GI Cancer Institute has announced a new clinical study called RANDOMS to ...
, Belinda Steer, who works out of the Peter MacCallum institute in Melbourne has designed a study looking at the ways in which we measure
 
 
Reproductive Cancers
Yass Tribune (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Nov 11, 2020  11:15
Prostate cancer patients need to be better informed about support and treatment options say experts, with eight-in ...
." More than 16,700 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in Australia this year alone and A/Prof Smith said survival rates are
 
The Sydney Morning Herald (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Nov 10, 2020  23:8
Researchers are preparing to trial two drugs they had been developing to treat prostate cancer as potential ...
of flu.” Professor Nelson is the Queensland director of the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre, and said the drug’s initial use as a
 
 
Treatment Development
Tweed Daily News (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Nov 11, 2020  7:25
Exclusive: Cancer patients in Australia are missing out on lifesaving new medicines available overseas because it ...
company MSD Australia found. It takes on average four times longer for new medicines to achieve reimbursement in Australia (426 days)
 
PharmaDispatch • Nov 11, 2020  5:36
New research supported by MSD has found that around more Australian cancer patients could be treated with immunotherapies if reimbursement ...
New research supported by MSD has found that around more Australian cancer patients could be treated with immunotherapies if reimbursement
 
 
Covid-19 & Cancer
Aboutpain - Newswire • Nov 14, 2020  3:44
Richmond, Vic., Nov. 13, 2020 /Medianet/ -- A report released today by national government agency Cancer Australia has shown a notable ...
cancer in men in Australia, with more than 8 men dying from the disease every day in Australia. Indigenous Australians are more likely to
 
Financial Review (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Nov 13, 2020  1:0
Save Log in or Subscribe to save article Share A new report has shown Australia learnt a short, sharp lesson about ...
cancer, it is also the second most common cause of cancer death in Australian men. At the pandemic peak, between March and April, PSA blood