Wednesday 10 March, 2010This week

Chemotherapy in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer questioned

04/03/2010 | A review of women with recurrent ovarian cancer treated at Westmead Hospital in Sydney has identified a poor response to pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, raising questions about the balance between the benefits of treatment and adverse effects in this group.

Commonwealth to take over public hospital funding

04/03/2010 | The Federal government has announced significant structural reform by which it would take control of hospitals and fund them from a new national network that would dish out money to local authorities in charge of small groups of hospitals.

Patients prefer outpatient treatment

04/03/2010 | Most patients prefer high dose cisplastin administration as outpatients rather than inpatients, a study from Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital shows.