Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, August 2020 NB This article is © 2020 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. It has been generously made available for publication and download from this site free of charge until 8 January 2021. The Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research (ABC) has […]
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Beyond Five Changes Name to Head and Neck Cancer Australia
28 September 2020 Beyond Five is excited to announce that we have changed our name to Head and Neck Cancer Australia. Since our launch in late 2016 we have become well-respected within the head and neck cancer community including among patients, families, carers and healthcare professionals. We provide a centralised hub of comprehensive, evidence-based and easy to […]
Head and Neck Cancer 2020 Video Series
by Julie McCrossin, North Eastern Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service, 8 September 2020 Julie McCrossin is a freelance journalist and facilitator. Julie is a former broadcaster with 20 years experience working for ABC Radio National, ABC TV and Network Ten. In 2013, she was diagnosed with stage 4 HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer. She is an Ambassador for Beyond Five, Targeting Cancer and TROG […]
Improving the care of people with head and neck cancer: new video series
edited by Melissa Sweet, Croakey, 4 August 2020 Five priority areas to improve the treatment and lives of people with head and neck cancers are highlighted in a unique new video series, reports journalist and cancer survivor Julie McCrossin. The videos also share the stories and questions of survivors, and “tell the blunt truth about how the […]
Videos Released for World Head and Neck Cancer Day
Today, 27 July, is World Head & Neck Cancer Day and to mark the occasion, we are releasing a suite of videos featuring survivors, patients, surgeons, doctors, nurses, therapists recounting their experiences and explaining their role supporting people with head & neck cancer. Our aim is to improve how information is shared and help people […]
Treating cancer: So many decisions
Bill Gardner, The Incidental Economist, 21 July 2020 It’s July 16th, two weeks since the CT scan in the ED revealed the mass in my throat. Canadian medicine has rallied to my side. I have met with a throat surgeon, a radiation oncologist, and a medical oncologist. You know that you are in deep shit trouble when […]
Cancer the leading cause of Indigenous deaths after large spike
Dana McCauley, Sydney Morning Herald, 21 June 2020 Cancer has overtaken circulatory disease as the leading cause of Indigenous deaths in NSW and Victoria, prompting a new campaign aimed at improving screening, treatment and lifestyle factors. John Delaney, a Kamilaroi elder who was diagnosed with lung cancer six years ago, smoked cigarettes for 37 years […]
FDA approves Gardasil 9, the HPV vaccine, to prevent head-and-neck cancer
Matthew Herper, STAT, 12 June 2020 For the past decade, evidence has suggested that Gardasil, the HPV vaccine, could stem an epidemic of throat cancer. But it has also never received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for that use — and it was unclear if it ever would. On Friday, the agency granted that […]
Novel Radiotherapy Reduces Swallowing Difficulties in Head and Neck Cancer
Cancer Research from Technology Networks, 1 June 2020 A new optimised intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) pioneered at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has been shown to spare head and neck cancer patients’ adverse life-long side effects post treatment. The initial results from the Dysphagia-Aspiration Related Structures (DARS) trial, funded by Cancer Research […]
Forum Postponed to 2021, Video Series Announced
I am sorry to inform you that we have had to cancel the Forum planned to be held on Friday 16 October 2020 at The Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, due to the risks associated with COVID-19. We plan to reschedule the face-to-face Forum to late 2021, if it is safe to gather […]