Cardio-oncology is a rapidly growing subspeciality

There is a rapidly growing need for 'cardio-oncology' specialists to manage patients with cancer and co-morbid cardiovascular disease, according to Professor Leonard Kritharides, president of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Speaking to the limbic, he said while many...

There is a rapidly growing need for 'cardio-oncology' specialists to manage patients with cancer and co-morbid cardiovascular disease, according to...

Research

Decision fatigue erodes doctors’ judgement at the end of the day

Doctors’ clinical judgement worsens as the day progresses due to ‘decision fatigue’, a US study has found. To investigate how the time of day influences medical decision making, researchers looked at the rates of ordering of guideline-recommended cancer screening tests...

Doctors’ clinical judgement worsens as the day progresses due to ‘decision fatigue’, a US study has found. To investigate how...

Bowel cancer

Low dose aspirin may promote tumour growth: ASPREE study

While aspirin has shown potential cancer prevention effects in some studies, a landmark Australian trial of low dose aspirin in older people has shown it may promote growth of existing or undiagnosed cancers. Recent findings from the ASPREE (ASPirin in...

While aspirin has shown potential cancer prevention effects in some studies, a landmark Australian trial of low dose aspirin in...

Breast

Triumphs and challenges of breast cancer trials: Dr Nicholas Wilcken

Clinical trials have come a long way since James Lind reportedly allocated sailors to different treatments for scurvy back in May 1747, yet many patients today would wish for treatments as simple and effective as oranges and lemons. International Clinical Trials...

Clinical trials have come a long way since James Lind reportedly allocated sailors to different treatments for scurvy back in...