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hormone treatment
A treatment that blocks the body’s natural hormones that help cancer grow, which is used when the cancer is growing in response to hormones. Also called hormone therapy.
Disease mapping: Geographic differences in population rates of interventional treatment for prostate cancer in Australia
Summary For men with prostate cancer, the way it is treated depends on where they live in Australia. What is known? People diagnosed with prostate cancer decide which treatment (or treatments) to undertake, with their doctors’ advice and guidance. These…
Individual and area level factors associated with breast cancer diagnostic-treatment interval in Queensland, Australia.
What is known? Delays to breast cancer treatment can lead to more aggressive and extensive treatments, increased psychological distress and poorer survival. We know that socio-economic disadvantage is associated with later detection and longer wait times for diagnosis. However, the…
Home to Treatment Referral Form
…the health professional must: Have read the Home to Treatment Guidelines and Home to Treatment FAQs Assess the service user as eligible for Home to Treatment Determine the service is suitable and will meet the service user’s needs Obtain the…
hyperbaric treatment
Involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurised room or tube.
News: Hodgkin’s lymphoma breakthrough leads to better treatment
…and tailored therapy for those diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and potentially other cancers. Other investigators are using the same approach to determine individualised breast and prostate cancer treatment. Cancer Council Queensland spokesperson Katie Clift said identifying appropriate treatment for patients…
News: Hodgkin’s lymphoma breakthrough leads to better treatment
…and tailored therapy for those diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and potentially other cancers. Other investigators are using the same approach to determine individualised breast and prostate cancer treatment. Cancer Council Queensland spokesperson Katie Clift said identifying appropriate treatment for patients…
radioisotope treatment
The use of radioactive liquid that is taken by mouth as a capsule or given by injection….
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…