| | | VCCC in the News | | | Oncology News Australia • Nov 10, 2020 1:27 | | | The Oncology Journal Club Quick Bites: ESMO 2020 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 |
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| | | Partners | | | Mirage News • Nov 11, 2020 12:42 | | | Animation reveals secrets of critical tumour protein 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 |
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| | ABC Radio Melbourne • Nov 15, 2020 13:48 | | | Men urged to harden up on prostate health 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 |
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| | | Lung Cancer | | | Ausdoc • Nov 13, 2020 17:24 | | | Steep drops in prostate and lung cancer testing in COVID-19 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 |
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| | Mirage News • Nov 13, 2020 12:30 | | | Trial targets deadly lung cancer 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- |
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| | The Canberra Times (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Nov 13, 2020 4:0 | | | Prostate and lung cancer test rates plummet in ACT during coronavirus lockdown 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 |
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| | | Melanoma | | | Insight Plus • Nov 16, 2020 0:23 | | | Out, damned spot! Burden of skin cancer in Australia - InSight+ 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 |
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| | | Reproductive Cancers | | | The Sydney Morning Herald (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Nov 10, 2020 23:8 | | | Prostate cancer treatment could be used to fight worst COVID symptoms 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 |
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| | | Treatment Development | | | Tweed Daily News (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Nov 11, 2020 7:25 | | | Why Aussies are missing out on cancer drugs 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) |
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| | PharmaDispatch • Nov 11, 2020 5:36 | | | New research highlights the opportunity of an expedited listing process 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 |
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| | | Covid-19 & Cancer | | | Aboutpain - Newswire • Nov 14, 2020 3:44 | | | Movember Response to Cancer Australia Report 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 |
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| | Financial Review (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Nov 13, 2020 1:0 | | | Cancer can't wait: the hidden cost of the pandemic 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 |
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