An intravenous system that allows a person to administer a dose of pain relief by pressing a button….

A drug or natural remedy used to relieve pain without causing a loss of consciousness.

…Community-Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs). However, better access to ACCHO primary care did not fully explain the higher participation in North Queensland. What does this mean? Improving access to primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, especially through…

…patients and their families, so it is essential that patients have the choice to access the services they need within their community and support network,” Mr Middleton said. “This transport program will help patients avoid arduous long journeys to distant…

…is particularly important to measure the quality of patient experiences in regional and remote cancer patients using these national indicators. What is new? Findings from this study suggest that overall, most cancer patients living in regional and remote areas are…

…and addressing other health behaviours. Contact: Peter Baade Reference: Silva CV, Horsham C, Kou K, Baade P, Soyer HP, Janda M. Factors influencing participants’ engagement with an interactive text-message intervention to improve sun protection behaviors: “SunText” randomized controlled trial. Translational…

A type of external radiation therapy in which the radiation beams are aimed from several directions, while the intensity (strength) is controlled by computers. This helps to reduce some side effects.

A specialised surgical procedure for removing skin cancers little by little until only healthy cells remain. Also called microscopically controlled excision….

Next month Cancer Council Queensland will launch a new home-to-treatment transport service in Brisbane. The service, Transport to Treatment, will transport cancer patients living in Brisbane from their homes to and from cancer treatment, helping to ease the burden of…

…everyone diagnosed with myeloid blood cancers. Her work, “Identifying vulnerabilities in leukemic stem cells with poor prognostic mutations to improve myeloid blood cancer patient outcomes,” seeks to unravel the complexities of gene mutations that determine a patient’s risk of disease…