Revised lung cancer screening plan gets MSAC tick of approval
A national screening program for lung cancer is a step closer after health officials endorsed a revised plan to screen current and former smokers aged 50-70.…
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Can AI reduce the harms and cost of Australia’s breast cancer screening program?
There is a debate raging within the medical community which has yet to reach the wider public about the costs and benefits of Australia’s national…
Q&A: Anal screening pioneer explains his landmark findings
Professor Joel Palefsky has high hopes that screening will prove cost-effective.
MSAC baulks at lung cancer screening bid
Government medical services advisers seek revision of Cancer Australia’s financial analysis.
Speculum ‘not needed’ for clinician-collected HPV samples, study suggests
Researchers show such testing is ‘broadly comparable’ with self-sampling.
Texting patients pre-consult would boost preventive care, says GP
Dr Oliver Frank is calling for an overhaul of practice software to stop patients missing out on screening.
HPV screening ‘picking up cancers Pap smears would miss’
A review of data from the renewed cervical screening program's first two years shows it's working, researchers say.
MSAC considers proposal to screen all pregnant women for pre-eclampsia risk
The RACGP is urging caution and consideration of potential harms.
One in three self-collected cervical screening samples rejected
A key laboratory has revealed the rocky start to the much-lauded innovation designed to appeal to under-screened women.
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GPs key to successful lung cancer screening, says RACGP
The college is cautiously backing proposals for a targeted screening program if it’s embedded in primary care.
