Radio Rare

It's an exciting time in cancer care with advances in medicine allowing us to look more closely at each person's cancer, and to identify more effective treatments for each patient's case.

In the latest episode of Radio Rare we explore this and what this means for patients with our very own Dr Amanda Ruth, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Rare Cancers Australia and Executive Director of the National Oncology Alliance.

Benchtop to bedside is a commonly used term when it comes to research.

But what does it mean in the reality of cancer treatments, and what does it look like when it comes to developing new medicines for cancer patients?

We explore this in our latest episode of Radio Rare featuring Dr Jay Perry, Associate Research Fellow at the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute.

In this weeks episode, we sit down and talk with Cindy Bakos and Cassandra Howcroft and explore why it's so important for children living with a cancer diagnosis to stay active, and how parents can make it fun, together. Cindy and Cass are two mums at the front of the exercise as medicine movement, with their organisation, Little Big Steps, making paediatric oncology wards just a little more active!

Find out how on this episode of Radio Rare

Appearing this week on Episode 3 of Radio Rare: Exercise Physiologist, Tracey Duggan, who specialises in working with cancer patients on their treatment journey.

Join us alongside Dr Emily as we explore how fitness helps lower your cancer fatigue, and how you can find the right place to get started today.

In episode one, we heard from Kate Vines on what life has been like living with a rare cancer. In episode two, we want to follow that with Dr. Damien Kee from the Austin Hospital and talk about what specifically makes rare and less common cancers so different from common types of cancer.

So join us, as Dr. Kee takes us down the rabbit hole that is clinical research and study, available wherever you get your podcasts.

You can learn more about ARC portal here: https://www.arcportal.org.au/ and visit the CART-Wheel website here: https://www.cart-wheel.org/

Season two of Radio Rare is here and for episode one, we chat to Kate Vines, one of the founders of Rare Cancers Australia, talking about her life with a rare cancer and how technology has opened new treatment options. We also have a special guest, Dr Damien Kee, a medical oncologist based at the Austin hospital, to talk about rare cancers from a researchers perspective.

So plug in your headphones, get comfy, and join us for the Radio Rare Season Two premiere!

Our guest this week, making his debut appearance, is Mike George. One of a small number of Australias, who has undergone a laryngectomy.

Mike talks us through the journey of his diagnosis, and advocacy work. As you'll hear not having a voice box hasn't slowed Mike down, hear him tell his own story.

Palliative Care. Two words that often cause so much discomfort and fear, but what do we really know about it? Join Dr. Emily and Sidekick James, as they dive into the world of Palliative Care.

CAR-T: Easy to spell but hard to explain. So, we took a shot at breaking it down.

This week's Rare Bites reaches out to explore the world of CAR-T Therapy, how it works and what it does. We even find out how it feels. Tune in each week to Rare Bites for more bite-size info in the cancer space.

There are so many things that go into getting Medicines to the public, and so much of it is confusing. So we thought we'd break it down. #RareBites