We’re excited to share the latest staff and volunteer update with you. Jeff Dunn, our CEO, chats about last week’s Relay For Life Summit, improved cancer survival rates and shares news from our Cancer Research Centre. https://youtu.be/vkuPiKtV80U More Volunteer…
What is known? Survival for children with cancer is far worse in low-income countries compared to high-income countries. This suggests that many childhood cancer deaths in places such as Africa are potentially preventable. However, the lack of accurate information on…
…1 in 5 cancers diagnosed was a rare cancer type. Overall five-year survival was relatively low (around 53%). There was substantial evidence that the incidence and survival varied markedly between small geographical areas across Australia, with similar patterns so that…
Drugs that block enzymes in the body, which are connected with cell growth and survival….
…coal-producing countries, including Australia. Contact: Paramita Dasgupta Reference: Lu C, Dasgupta P, Cameron J, Fritschi L, Baade P. A systematic review and meta-analysis on international studies of prevalence, mortality and survival due to coal mine dust lung disease. PLOS ONE….
…outcomes in low-volume centres. What is new? Two-year survival and quality of surgery was better for patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy in hospitals performing six or more procedures annually. What does this mean? The positive association between these outcomes and higher hospital…
…Australians. Putting it another way, if we consider an average cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples diagnosed in a single year (about 1,270), about 133 deaths that occurred within 5 years of diagnosis were potentially avoidable if they…
…However, a diagnosis of mesothelioma may occur decades after exposure to asbestos, during which time people often relocate to other suburbs or states. What is new? We found particularly high rates of diagnoses of malignant mesothelioma in some regions with…
…surgery following oesophagogastric cancer resection and better long-term survival following oesophagectomy. What does this mean? These findings support the centralisation of surgical care to high volume, high service centres. Contact: Peter Baade Reference: Narendra A, Baade PD, Aitken JF, Fawcett…
…new? After accounting for other possible causes of death, survival at three years after diagnosis was less than 60% for each of the 9 different types of childhood cancer included in the study apart from Hodgkin lymphoma. Survival was poorest…