Cancer

Quality indicators can provide reassurance that cancer care is achieving the predicted outcomes

Paul S Craft MB BS, FRACP, MPH

Discarding patients’ cancer samples because of problems with consent processes forgoes potential advances in cancer research, ignores public intent and squanders unique bioresources

Craig Gedye MB ChB, FRACP, PhD · Jennifer Fleming BA, MHA, PhD

Major changes are occurring in breast surgery to help improve quality-of-life outcomes for women who survive breast cancer

Andrew J Spillane MD, FRACS

The performance of the Victorian health system has improved according to three processes of care indicators

Fanny Sampurno BA, BSci(Hons) · Arul Earnest PhD, MSc, BSocSc(Hons) · Patabendi B Kumari MB BS, MSc, MD · Jeremy L Millar MB ChB, FRANZCR, FAChPM · Ian D Davis MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Declan G Murphy FRCS(Urol) · Mark Frydenberg MB BS, FRACS · Paul A Kearns MB BS, FRACS(Urol) · Sue M Evans PhD, MClinEpi

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Helen Zorbas AO

In addition to providing earlier access to more drugs, we need reform in how new cancer drugs are priced

Narcyz Ghinea BSc(Hons) · Wendy Lipworth MB BS, MSc, PhD

A new option would complement the existing screening program, not replace it

Annabelle Farnsworth MB BS(Hons), FRCPA, FIAC

Antioxidant supplements may compromise chemotherapy dose and should be avoided

Peter J Smith BPharm, Dip Ed, PostGradCertEvidenceBasedCompMed · Kathryn J Steadman BPharm(Hons), PhD

New genetic technology allowing a panel of multiple genes to be tested for mutations may aid risk assessment and management in breast cancer

Ingrid Winship MB ChB, MD, FRACP · Melissa C Southey PhD, FHGSA, FFSc RCPA

HPV self-collection may improve outcomes for underscreened women, but joining the mainstream HPV screening program is better

Megan Smith MPH, BE · Jie Bin Lew BSc(Bioinformatics), MPH · Kate Simms PhD · Karen Canfell DPhil

NSW Aboriginal people with colorectal cancer had lower 5-year survival rates than non-Aboriginal people

Kristie Weir BSc · Rajah Supramaniam BSc, MPH(Hons) · Alison Gibberd MStat · Anthony Dillon PhD · Bruce K Armstrong DPhil, FRACP, FAFPHM · Dianne L O'Connell BMaths(Hons), PhD

Do we equip junior specialists with the skills to conduct research throughout their careers?

Sandra L Turner MB BS(Hons), FRANZCR · Tim Shaw BSc(Hons), PhD

Interventions that improve timeliness and appropriateness of care have produced impressive results

Sue M Evans PhD, MClinEpi · Arul Earnest PhD, MSc, BSocSc(Hons) · Wendy Bower PhD, BAppSc(Physio), PgDEpiBiost · Meera Senthuren BSc(Hons) · Peta McLaughlin BApplSci · Rob Stirling BSc(Hons), MB BCh(Hons), FRACP

The challenge facing Australia is the translation of international results on lung cancer screening into sustainable, cost-effective clinical practice

Fraser Brims MD, MRCP, FRACP · Annette McWilliams MB BS, FRACP, FRCPC · Kwun Fong MB BS, PhD, FRACP

Increased treatment costs of bowel cancer are a stimulus for considerable effort in the areas of prevention and early detection

Terry D Bolin MD, FRACP, FRCP · Melvyn G Korman MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Fiona Nicholson MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Lynne Pezzullo BEc(Hons) · Jeffrey Engelman MB BS(Hons), MD, FRACP · Katherine Collings BScNutr(Hons), MScDiet · David Gilchrist Creelman BEc, BCom

A combination of multiple facial papules, spontaneous pneumothorax and a personal or family history of renal cell carcinoma should trigger consideration of BHD

Ludi Ge MB BS(Hons) · Patricia Lowe MB BS(Hon), MMed, FACD

Manual assessment of steak doneness is possible — but don’t bet your life on it

Toby I Vinycomb MB BS, BMedSc(Hons) · Amanda M-Y Tan MB BS(Hons), BMedSc(Hons) · Manu Bhatnagar MB BS · Joon Ming Wong MB BS, BEng(Civil)

May the Force be with you in the endoscopy room

Zaid SM Ardalan MB ChB · Abhinav Vasudevan MB BS · Simon Hew MB BS · Julien Schulberg MB BS, BMedSci · Steve Lontos MB BS, FRACP, MD

Palliative care not only requires access to quality services but also physicians’ willingness to have difficult conversations with patients

Jennifer Philip PhD, FAChPM, MMed · Anna Collins MHealthPsych, BSci(Psych)

Ovarian cancer shows how genetic subtyping allows similarities between cancers to guide treatment trials

Ian N Olver MB BS, MD, PhD

Managing missed opportunities when most cancer symptoms are only weakly predictive

Jon D Emery MB BCh, FRACGP, DPhil

Advances in radiation therapy have resulted in more precise and effective treatments with fewer side effects

Dion F Forstner MB BS(Hons), FRANZCR · Mei Ling Yap MB BS, BSc(Med), FRANZCR

Advising patients with cancer about life expectancy must be tailored to their individual desire for information

Alison C Zucca BA(Hons), MMedSc · Rob W Sanson-Fisher BPsych(Hons), MPsych, PhD · Amy Waller BA(Hons), PhD · Mariko Carey DPsych(Health), BSc(Hons) · Alice Grady BPsych · Lisa Mackenzie BPsych(Hons), PhD

High-quality cancer care can be provided at rural centres by teleoncology models

Bryan A Chan BPharm(Hons), MB BS(Hons), FRACP · Sarah L Larkins MB BS, PhD, FRACGP · Rebecca Evans BSp · Kerrianne Watt PhD · Sabe Sabesan BM BS, FRACP, PhD

Metastatic lymphadenopathy as the primary provisional diagnosis in adults with cystic neck masses

Chris Wratten MB BS, BMedSci, FRANZCR · Sravan Anne · Minh Thi Tieu MB BS, BSc(Med), FRANZCR · Balasubramaniam Kumar MD, DNB, FRANZCR · Robert Eisenberg MB BS, FRACS