radioisotope treatment
The use of radioactive liquid that is taken by mouth as a capsule or given by injection….
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News: Researchers Find New Breast Cancer Treatment Target
…to more confidently predict outcomes in some breast cancer patients, and subsequently improve treatment regimes. “It also opens the way to develop a new and novel drug for the treatment of breast cancer.” Professor Muscat and his team are now…
News: Where women live influences decisions about breast cancer treatment
…QUT PhD researcher Jeff Ching-Fu Hsieh said the research found women living closer to a radiation treatment facility were more likely to agree to be scheduled to use adjuvant therapy to treat breast cancer. Adjuvant therapy is additional treatment commonly…
Transport to Treatment
…emotional burden of cancer by providing transport to clients who are facing hardship in accessing their treatment View more Home to Treatment Guidelines Home to Treatment Guidelines including eligibility, suitability and designated service areas View more …
salvage treatment
Different treatments used when prostate cancer has returned….
News: Queenslanders failing to seek cancer treatment to avoid financial burden
The escalating out-of-pocket costs associated with a cancer diagnosis are deterring some people from seeking treatment, a new Cancer Council Queensland study has found. Cancer Council Queensland’s Everyday Health Survey, Health System Quality and Costs, revealed that high out-of-pocket costs…
Travelling for Treatment
The Travelling for Treatment project aims to understand more about the experiences of regional Queenslanders who must travel to receive cancer treatment. Participants include guests staying at the Cancer Council Queensland (CCQ) accommodation lodges and their carers. The accommodation lodges…
News: Programs for your patients – Treatment decisions
Increasing numbers of your patients will be diagnosed with cancer and will survive this disease to live with the long-term consequences. The need for, and benefits of, psycho-social peer support is well described in the literature. When you think about…
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neo-adjuvant therapy
Giving treatment before the primary treatment to try and make the primary treatment more successful….