Doctor explains why he charges $400 for attending VAD deaths
At the beginning Dr Cam McLaren provided voluntary assisted dying services to terminally ill patients for free, as an altruistic act given the pain and…
Tag: Oncology
Medical Must-See: Doctors ace diagnosis of teen’s backhander
A red lump on a 15-year-old’s right hand, half the size of a tennis ball, set Texan doctors up for rare diagnosis of extraosseous Ewing’s…
Colon cancer resection type ‘most important predictor’ of anastomotic leak
Total colectomy is the most significant risk factor for anastomotic leak following colon cancer resections, putting patients at four times higher risk of the catastrophic…
Osimertinib-chemo combo boosts progression-free survival in EGFR-mutated lung cancer: study
Adding chemotherapy to oral osimertinib in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer prolongs progression-free survival by up to nine months,…
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…
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…
Working together to reduce impact of medicine on the planet
Produced by AusDoc on behalf of COSA FRIDAY morning’s plenary chaired by Cancer Council Victoria’s Brigid Lynch showcased examples of how hospitals are decarbonising and…
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…
