No green light for food labelling 2 Dec 2011 0 comments The AMA has accused the Government of caving in to the food industry after failing to endorse traffic light labelling for foods.
Quack remedies need tighter regulation 1 Sep 2011 0 comments 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.
Prognostic tool accurately predicts survival 26 Aug 2011 0 comments New prognostic tools for patients with advanced cancer in palliative care can reliably predict survival times, researchers find.
NSW 'disregard' for radiotherapy targets costs lives 19 Aug 2011 0 comments Nearly 500 cancer patients are likely to die each year in NSW through the state government’s “disregard” for its own targets for radiotherapy access, experts say.
Call for more radiology funding 25 Mar 2011 0 comments The Federal Government is under pressure to halt the decline in funding for cancer patients requiring radiology, and to index, for the first time in 12 years, the Medicare patient rebate for…
Young adult cancer patients in no man’s land 27 May 2010 0 comments Paediatric and medical oncologists need to work together to develop oncology services pitched to adolescents and young adults with cancer, international experts say.
Dedicated teams could address fertility in young adults with cancer 21 May 2010 0 comments Young people with cancer often do not recall receiving information at diagnosis about the effects treatment can have on their fertility, but the creation of specialised teams may be effective in…
Doctors underestimating CT scan risks 19 Mar 2010 0 comments Patients are not being properly informed about the potential for cancer from tests involving ionising radiation, Australian doctors warn.
Many parents consider hastening death in child with terminal cancer 4 Mar 2010 0 comments 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.
Patients prefer outpatient treatment 4 Mar 2010 0 comments Most patients prefer high dose cisplastin administration as outpatients rather than inpatients, a study from Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital shows.