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Aboriginal Cancer Helpline Consultant / Information Intake Coordinator – Woolloomooloo 27 Aug 2013 | 09:53 am
* we have one vacancy and will fill only one of the above roles • The role will be the first point of contact for calls to our Helpline service from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander com...
Cancer Prevention Survey: findings from the tobacco control module 26 Aug 2013 | 04:42 am
Download the full report (PDF) Why did Cancer Council NSW undertake the Cancer Prevention Survey? More than a third of cancers can be prevented through healthier lifestyle choices. To reduce cancer ri...
Get Behind Bowel Screening 22 Aug 2013 | 09:43 am
2009 – 2012 In May 2012, the Federal Government committed an extra $50 million to extend the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program to Australians turning 60 from 2013,70 year olds from 2015 then pro...
Vietnamese Community Worker Volunteer (Woolloomooloo) 22 Aug 2013 | 09:18 am
Great opportunity for someone who would like to gain experience in health promotion and community work Learn about chronic hepatitis B – an important health issue in the Vietnamese community – and rai...
Radiotherapy for kidney cancer 21 Aug 2013 | 11:44 am
Radiotherapy is a type of therapy that uses high-energy radiation to kill or damage cancer cells. This treatment is not effective in treating primary kidney cancer. However, radiotherapy may be used a...
Kidney cancer immunotherapy 21 Aug 2013 | 11:39 am
Immunotherapy (also called biological therapy) has been used to treat advanced kidney cancer, but it is not standard treatment for other types of kidney cancer. Targeted therapies are used in place of...
Kidney cancer targeted therapies 21 Aug 2013 | 11:36 am
Some newer types of treatment called targeted therapies attack specific cancer cells or blood vessels, to stop or slow down their growth or reduce the size of the tumour. Two classes of drugs, called ...
Kidney cancer arterial embolisation 21 Aug 2013 | 11:33 am
Arterial embolisation is when the doctor blocks the artery providing blood to the kidney, to reduce the tumour size. You may have this procedure if you are unable to have surgery, but it can not cure ...
Kidney cancer cryotherapy 21 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Cryotherapy (or cryosurgery) is a type of treatment that freezes and kills cancer cells. It is an emerging treatment that is still being evaluated. Trials have shown that cryotherapy is not as effecti...
Kidney cancer radiofrequency ablation 21 Aug 2013 | 11:26 am
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a minimally invasive treatment that is still being assessed in clinical trials. RFA uses a probe that generates heat to kill cancer cells in a specific area of the bod...
