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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…

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…

cancer survivor

A person who has finished their active cancer treatment and is free from any signs of cancer.

News: Cancer Council Queensland expands patient transport service in Brisbane

Cancer Council Queensland has partnered with Icon Cancer Centre to expand its home-to-treatment transport service to include the Moreton Bay region. The Transport to Treatment service, which currently operates in inner-city Brisbane, will now transport eligible cancer patients from their…

News: Robotic surgery giving hope to prostate cancer patients

…said. “These findings highlight the need for improved distress screening and psychological care long after treatment ends. “Issues such as sexual dysfunction, urinary and bowel changes, and even fear of recurrence can all lead to elevated psychological distress. “For optimal…

neo-adjuvant therapy

Giving treatment before the primary treatment to try and make the primary treatment more successful….

remission

When the symptoms of the cancer reduce or disappear. A partial remission is when there has been a significant improvement in the cancer. A complete remission is when there is no evidence of active cancer….