Medical oncologist and clinical research fellow Angelyn Anton has been awarded the 2019 Mundipharma ANZUP Uro-Oncology Clinical Research Fellowship. This provides Dr Anton with $60,000 to support her research into prostate cancer. This is the sixth annual Clinical Research Fellowship to be awarded in partnership with the Australian and New …
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In Australia, cases of cancer have tripled since the early 1980s but survival rates are improving. According to the ‘Cancer in Australia 2019’ report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), the number of new cancer cases will rise from 47,500 in 1982 to 145,000 in 2019. …
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Australian Physiotherapy Association pelvic-health physiotherapist Dr Irmina Nahon wants to reassure incontinence sufferers that help is available, and for them not to be resigned to the condition. Incontinence is one of the most common health conditions affecting Australians, with about six million people in this country experiencing the condition during …
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