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Deadliest cancers are missing out on funding

Fragmented and inefficient research funding means Australia is not tackling the deadliest forms of cancer, say a coalition of charities and funding bodies seeking to overhaul the sector.

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BRCA mutations benefit in ovarian cancer

Women with BRCA gene mutations face a better prognosis in epithelial ovarian cancer, researchers have found, in a paradoxical twist to the BRCA story.

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A 'decade of dithering' on bowel cancer screening
Ten years of "pilots, reviews, research and … uncertainty" has left Australian bowel cancer screening in a sorry state, an...
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Fewer follow-ups no threat to melanoma care
A new monitoring schedule for patients with localised primary cutaneous melanoma that slashes the number of follow-up visits could be...
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Laparoscopy safe for staging uterine cancer
The risk of uterine cancer recurrence after a comprehensive surgical staging is only slightly greater if the procedure is performed...
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Meta-analysis confirms exercise benefits
Physical activity has positive short-term effects on a cancer survivor’s physical functions and quality of life, a meta-analysis shows.
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Clinical News

PSA values identify candidates for long-term ADT

Prostate-specific antigen values can act as an early surrogate for prostate cancer-specific mortality, identifying patients most likely to benefit from long-term androgen suppression therapy, researchers say.

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New evidence backs expansion of bowel cancer screening

Cancer experts say new evidence backs the already persuasive case to extend bowel cancer screening program from one off tests to biennial screening.

9 weeks ago0

Glucose, not insulin, linked to colorectal cancer risk
A new analysis from the Women’s Health Initiative has suggested that colorectal cancer risk is associated with elevated fasting glucose...
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Elderly missing out on chemotherapy
Elderly patients with colorectal cancer are often "undertreated", with a patient’s age affecting an oncologist’s choice of treatment, an Australian...
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Risk of second cancers doubled in CLL
The risk of second cancers in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is more than doubled compared to the general population,...
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Diabetes tied to bowel cancer risk
Older men with type 2 diabetes are at significantly increased risk of bowel cancer, Australian research finds, prompting calls for...
22 weeks ago0

Features

Aggressive surgery 'treatment of choice' in childhood meningiomas

Call for inquiry to cope with genomic breakthroughs

Warning on thromboembolic risks with ADT

Pre-surgical therapy beneficial for early breast cancer

Politics

No green light for food labelling

The AMA has accused the Government of caving in to the food industry after failing to endorse traffic light labelling for foods.

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Quack remedies need tighter regulation

The TGA’s "light touch" approach to regulating alternative therapies has been a failure, with an audit finding high levels of false claims under the system based on self regulation.

22 weeks ago0

Prognostic tool accurately predicts survival
New prognostic tools for patients with advanced cancer in palliative care can reliably predict survival times, researchers find.
23 weeks ago0
NSW 'disregard' for radiotherapy targets costs lives
Nearly 500 cancer patients are likely to die each year in NSW through the state government’s “disregard” for its own...
24 weeks ago0
Call for more radiology funding
The Federal Government is under pressure to halt the decline in funding for cancer patients requiring radiology, and to index,...
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Young adult cancer patients in no man’s land
Paediatric and medical oncologists need to work together to develop oncology services pitched to adolescents and young adults with cancer,...
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Other News

Older women missing out on breast cancer treatment

Experts say clinicians are partly to blame for over 75-year-olds not seeing the same reductions in breast-cancer mortality as their younger counterparts.

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Earlier pill use linked to earlier breast cancers

Women who get breast cancer are likely to have been diagnosed with it earlier if they started taking the contraceptive pill at a younger age, new data suggest.

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Why do men over 75 get PSA tests?
At least a fifth of men aged 75 to 84 are having PSA tests every year, with little reason for...
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Cancer centre a step closer
The $1 billion Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre is a step closer to construction with the Victorian and Australian governments agreeing...
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No increased risk for non-carriers in BRCA families
Women who test negative for their family’s BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations have no significant increased risk of breast cancer.
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ADT alone 'not adequate' in high-risk prostate cancer
Adding radiotherapy to androgen deprivation therapy improves survival in men with locally advanced prostate cancer.
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