Treating lung cancer with stereotactic ablative body radiation therapy (SABR)
With about 1200 cases each year, lung cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer in Western Australia, but the number one cause of cancer death. Read More...
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Lung cancer screening with Low Dose CT – ready, set…go?
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Australia, for both men and women, with new cases numbers rising each year. Lung cancer causes more deaths than breast, colorectal, and cervical cancers combined – cancers for which national population-based screening programs already exist. Read More...
Lung cancer staging – a snapshot of the diagnostic pathway
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in Australia with the five-year survival rate remaining at a disappointing 18%. Read More...
New approaches to metastatic lung cancer
Lung cancer is the fifth most common cancer in Australia and the leading cause of cancer deaths, accounting for 20% of the total. There has been limited treatments for metastatic lung cancer previously, with chemotherapy being the mainstay of treatment. Five-year survival for stage IV lung cancer was 1%. Read More...
Exercise after lung surgery important for recovery
The treatment offering the best chance of cure for people with early stage non-small cell lung cancer is surgical tumour resection (with or without adjuvant chemotherapy). However, this treatment compounds the decrements in exercise capacity and quality of life that patients commonly have when diagnosed. Read More...
SBRT revolution in lung radiotherapy
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) is a major advance in radiation treatment. For some patients, this allows shorter treatment courses, fewer side effects, and better treatment outcomes. Read More...