Podcasts
Time from general practice to cancer treatment
Professor Jon Emery
Volume 205, Issue 2: 18 July, 2016. Professor Jon Emery is the Herman Professor of Primary Cancer Care Research at the University of Melbourne’s Department of General Practice. He discusses his coauthored MJA research on presentations to general practice before a cancer diagnosis in Victoria. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Quality of prostate cancer care
A/Professor Jeremy Millar and A/Professor Sue Evans
Volume 204, Issue 8: 2 May 2016. Associate Professor Jeremy Millar, director of Alfred Health Radiation Oncology, and Associate Professor Sue Evans, head of the Clinical Registry Unit at Monash University, in Melbourne, discuss trends in the quality of prostate cancer care, and how the Victorian Prostate Cancer Clinical Registry is helping improve outcomes for patients. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Also available as a video here.
Multiple gene panel testing and breast cancer
Professor Ingrid Winship and Professor Melissa Southey
Volume 204, Issue 5: 21 March 2016. Professor Ingrid Winship is head of the Office of Research at Melbourne Health. Professor Melissa Southey is from the Department of Pathology at the University of Melbourne. They discuss multiple gene panel testing and the boons and dilemmas it presents for breast cancer research. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Timeliness of lung cancer care
Associate Professor Sue Evans
Volume 204, Issue 2: 1 February, 2016. Associate Professor Sue Evans is head of the Clinical Registry Unit and an Associate Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety at Monash University. She discusses the timeliness of lung cancer care, to coincide with her coauthored research published in the MJA. With MJA News and Online Editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Prof Ian Olver, Sansom Institute
Professor Ian Olver
Volume 203, Issue 10 -- 16 November 2015. Professor Ian Olver is director of the Sansom Institute for Health Research at the University of South Australia, and is a former CEO of the Cancer Council Australia. He discusses rare cancers, the work of the Sansom Institute and the update to his book, the Cancer Prevention Manual. With MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.