This content is restricted to registered users only. If you have already registered on the AJP website please login below, Or you can Register for free.
Deadly waiting game for prostate cancer drugs
Previous Senators urged to pass National Health Amendment bill
Next AJP Clinical Update : Eye health
Related Posts
Action needed to cut prostate cancer deaths
Prostate cancer is the fourth most common cause of male deaths and more must be done improve survival rates, by detecting it early. Prostate cancer has the dubious distinction of being fourth most common cause of male deaths overall, that’s ahead of coronary heart disease, lung cancer and cerebrovascular disease with more than…
Clinical tips: cancer
Cancer is a leading cause of death in Australia, writes Louis Roller.More than 44,000 people died from cancer in 2013. Cancer accounted for about 3 in 10 deaths in Australia.The most common causes of cancer deaths are not necessarily the most frequently occurring cancers. While lung cancer is the fifth most…
TOAD trial shows increased prostate cancer survival
Australian researchers have discovered that men with incurable prostate cancer, but without symptoms, who received immediate hormone treatment on the TOAD trial, had an increase in survival over those who delayed treatment – with 80% still alive after six years, compared to 65% of men for whom treatment was delayed…