Over 30 cancer cases a day linked to inactivity and excess weight: Aussie data
More than 11,600 cases of cancer a year in Australia are associated with people being overweight or physically inactive, an oncology conference has heard. About…
Tag: Cancer
Offer salpingo-oophorectomy with C-section in BRCA mutation carriers: gynaecologists
Prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy should be offered at time of obstetric-indicated caesarean delivery in women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variants, say UK gynaecologists. In…
‘I was absolutely gobsmacked’: A doctor’s rare case from his first day on a new job
The first patient Professor Andrew Miller saw as a radiation oncology consultant in New Zealand more than 20 years ago was his first and only…
More focus needed for people receiving treatment for incurable cancers
Produced by AusDoc on behalf of COSA MORE focus is needed on the growing groups of people living with treatable but generally incurable cancers, Director…
COSA leads the charge against financial toxicity
Produced by AusDoc on behalf of COSA A COSA working group taking the lead to address the financial toxicity of cancer hosted a breakfast symposium…
‘General practice is an opportunity to serve’: Wisdom from an award-winning GP
Dr Christopher Hughes’ first exposure to general practice came in 1977, a placement at Greenpoint Medical Centre as part of his degree at the University…
Higher cancer risk in patients treated for RA: study
Adults treated for rheumatoid arthritis are at 20% greater all-cancer risk than the general population, French doctors say, with men facing much higher risks than…
COSA’s 50th ASM: Dr Belinda Yeo talks metastatic breast cancer, fertility and AI in oncology
On Wednesday, hundreds of Australian and overseas doctors will attend the opening of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia’s 50th Annual Scientific Meeting in Melbourne.…
Is a bump in the night the culprit?
Nancy is a 73-year-old Asian woman who presents for review of a pigmented lesion on her scalp for 1-2 months. She initially thought this was…
New NSCLC standard of care? Perioperative immunotherapy trial improves outcomes
Perioperative durvalumab in combination with chemotherapy should be considered as a potential new treatment option for resectable non-small cell lung cancer, according to US oncologists.…
