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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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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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
Australian Doctor News

TGA urges patients to dob in dodgy breast screen clinics

30th July 2019
The TGA is moving to shut down alternative clinics spruiking “unproven” thermal imaging to women as a means of detecting…
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Breast cancer
Australian Doctor News

Global recall for textured breast implants after FDA warning

25th July 2019
Medical device maker Allergan is recalling its entire line of textured breast implants, weeks after dismissing evidence…
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Breast implant
Specialist Updates Oncology

New breast cancer tool offers 'personal prediction'

25th January 2019
A new breast cancer risk prediction model combining information on family history, genetics and lifestyle is the most…
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