Cancer immunotherapies are prime candidates for advanced cSCC: Australian study

Australian research has highlighted a high burden of disease in advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and significant gaps in access to therapies. A study by Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Medical Oncologist Dr Piyush Grover and colleagues assessed clinicopathological features, morbidity...

Australian research has highlighted a high burden of disease in advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and significant gaps in...

Research

MoST study shows promise of precision medicine – Professor David Thomas

Thousands of Australian cancer patients are accessing genome-directed therapies via a national precision oncology program, with many seeing positive results, Garvan Institute of Medical Research Kinghorn Cancer Centre Director Professor David Thomas told the COSA 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting. The...

Thousands of Australian cancer patients are accessing genome-directed therapies via a national precision oncology program, with many seeing positive results,...

Lung Cancer

Fine tuning required before lung cancer screening can proceed: Aussie experts

Australia has the evidence and the appetite for a national lung cancer screening program but there is still work to be done especially around design, implementation and funding. Speaking in a Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) 2021 ASM session on...

Australia has the evidence and the appetite for a national lung cancer screening program but there is still work to...

News in brief: Medical oncologist numbers increase revealed by AHPRA; Neuroendocrine cancer rates increasing – but so is OS; Specialty training colleges’ ‘dirty secret’

Medical oncologist numbers increase revealed by AHPRA The medical oncology workforce has grown by an additional 230 physicians over the last five years, with 865 practitioners now registered in the specialist physician category of medical oncology field of practice, according to...

Medical oncologist numbers increase revealed by AHPRA The medical oncology workforce has grown by an additional 230 physicians over the last...