Australia has amongst the highest rates of melanoma in the world and therefore, melanoma has long been described as Australia’s cancer. During the last year, with less patients attending their GPs and skin cancer clinics due to COVID-19, there has been a significant reduction in new melanoma diagnoses. As we start 2021, it is important … Continued
What have we learnt from the past and for going forward? I remember many years ago as a child growing up how my father used to tell us stories of how, as a young man in the 1940s he spent six months isolated in a sanatorium to recover from tuberculosis (TB). This was before there … Continued
Dr Renu Eapen was recently interviewed on UroToday by Dr Ashish Kamat. Dr Eapen discusses gender differences, urology for females and outcomes for women following radical cystectomy. “As you all know, bladder cancer is common. Its one of the most common cancers worldwide with an incidence of about 500,000 a year”. You can on the … Continued
Professor Declan Murphy Consultant Urologist | Cancer Specialists | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre @declangmurphy @cancerspec @wearecancerspecialists And so it goes on!! We are back to quite severe restrictions on elective surgery in Melbourne in both private and public hospitals. This means that only the most urgent cases will be allowed to have surgery or investigations … Continued
Prof Declan Murphy recently spoke with Melissa Cunningham – The Age’s health reporter. Recently published in The Sydney Morning Herald. “That lump you can feel in your breast, the blood in the urine, the spot that’s grown quite quickly and is bleeding a bit, get it checked,” Professor Murphy said. ‘The message we want to … Continued
Staying at home has become the new norm. Hand hygiene is critical. And our electronic devices have become vital links to the outside world. But despite these changes, breast cancer is still common and people will continue to be diagnosed with breast cancer and need treatment and ongoing follow-up. Here’s a few ways we are … Continued
It certainly continues to be a very unusual period of time for the entire world, but I am pleased to say that there are now appears to be some clarity about elective surgery, at least during the next few weeks. This is very important for us and for our patients, as CANCER SPECIALISTS is almost … Continued
We are in full telehealth and social distancing mode! #COVID-19 As the daily announcements continue to dramatically change the way we all work and live, we thought that we should give you an update from CANCER SPECIALISTS as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. I am really pleased to say that our team are all … Continued