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   <description><![CDATA[An Australian rapid response palliative radiotherapy clinic has reduced waiting times and simplified treatment regimens for end-stage cancer patients requiring palliative radiotherapy.]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[Women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ are about four times as likely to develop a subsequent invasive breast cancer as undiagnosed women of a similar age, Australian data shows.]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[Dr Mark Shackleton, a medical oncologist and group leader of the Melanoma Research Laboratory at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, has been recognised with a National Health and Medical Research Council Excellence Award for his research into melanoma. He speaks to Oncology Update about his research and what this award means to him.
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   <description><![CDATA[The Australian Competition Consumer Commission has obtained temporary injunctions against the Darryl Jones Health Resolution Centre on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, over alleged misleading cancer treatment claims.]]></description>
   <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[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. 
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   <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[Most patients prefer high dose cisplastin administration as outpatients rather than inpatients, a study from Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital shows. 
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   <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Many parents consider hastening death in child with terminal cancer ]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[More than 10 per cent of parents of children with terminal cancer who took part in a survey said they had considered hastening their child’s death, especially if the child was in pain. ]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Flying unlikely to cause or exacerbate lymphoedema ]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Australian research suggests that long distance air travel does not increase the risk of lymphoedema in women who have been treated for breast cancer. ]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[A new Australian guide on advanced prostate cancer is available to support men with the condition and their families. 
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   <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Rose bengal improves radiotherapy response in metastatic melanoma ]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Injection of malignant melanoma lesions with rose bengal improves the response to radiotherapy without any significant increase in adverse side effects, Australian researchers have found. ]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Combined removal of lymph nodes better for endometrial cancer ]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Combined pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy significantly improves survival in patients with endometrial carcinoma who are at intermediate or high risk of recurrence, a retrospective analysis finds. 
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   <title><![CDATA[Radiotherapy treatment register to explore new techniques ]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[A radiotherapy treatment register has been set up by the Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group to help gather data on new radiation oncology techniques that are not funded by Medicare because of a lack of trials. 
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   <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[Peak Australian cancer bodies have applauded US Government moves to prevent gene patents restricting medical research or access to care. 
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   <description><![CDATA[Nearly 1,500 women will have ovarian cancer by 2015 and four Australian women will be diagnosed with the disease each day over the next five years, the latest AIHW report shows.]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[Rural practices have limited access to breast care nurses but overall access is sufficient, an Australian study reports. ]]></description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[A single dose of pegfilgrastim administered once per chemotherapy cycle is comparable to daily injections of filgrastim and may be more beneficial for paediatric sarcoma patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy, researchers conclude.
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   <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Multi-targeted 'chemo-switch' regimen could offer new option in RCC]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[A multi-targeted 'chemo-switch' drug regimen shows promising anti-tumour activity with manageable side effects in patients with metastatic renal-cell carcinoma, Spanish researchers report.]]></description>
   <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Oncologists at risk of burnout, but satisfied]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[More than one third of gynaecologic oncologists are emotionally exhausted and at risk of burnout from their work, an Australian study finds, but most have high levels of job satisfaction.

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   <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Aspirin may reduce breast cancer recurrence, death]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Aspirin may substantially reduce breast cancer survivors' risk of metastasis and death, researchers report. ]]></description>
   <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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