Specialist Updates Oncology

Single week of adjuvant breast radiotherapy 'effective'

8th May 2020
One week of hypofractionated radiotherapy after surgery for breast cancer is not inferior to a standard three-week schedule,…
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Weight loss in middle-age may cut breast cancer risk

19th December 2019
In women over age 50, losing more than 2kg and keeping the weight off can lower breast cancer risk, a study suggests. US…
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Specialist Updates Women's Health

High-risk breast clinic outcomes validate MRI

30th October 2019
An annual MRI scan detected all incident breast cancers in younger women at high familial risk screened while attending a…
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Specialist Updates Oncology

TGA suspends another eight breast implants

27th September 2019
The TGA has suspended a further eight textured breast implants amid a tough new plan for safety surveillance of all implants…
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breast implant
Specialist Updates Oncology

Axillary node dissections worth doing, patients say

2nd September 2019
Breast cancer patients with a positive sentinel node biopsy are willing to put up with the morbidity from axillary lymph…
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women breast cancer
Specialist Updates Oncology

Trastuzumab biosimilar PBS-listed

16th August 2019
A biosimilar of trastusumab, Ogivri (Mylan), was listed on the PBS on 1 August. The biosimilar is available as a 150mg…
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Australian Doctor News

Implant ban to hit breast cancer survivors: surgeon

13th August 2019
A proposed ban on textured breast implants could make it impossible for up to half of women undergoing mastectomies to have…
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Associate Professor Sanjay Warrier