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Welcome to Episode 17 in our Experts On Point podcast series brought to you by The Oncology Podcast. 

How can we distinguish between fear of cancer recurrence and generalised anxiety? How can we measure fear of recurrence and how can we best screen for it? What screening tools are available which can realistically be incorporated into everyday practice? 

Join our Host Rachael Babin as she chats to  Dr Ben Smith about his recently published paper on a single-item fear of cancer recurrence screening measure. 

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Welcome to Episode 16 in our Experts On Point podcast series brought to you by The Oncology Podcast. 

What is adaptive therapy? How has evolutionary game theory inspired a new approach to prostate cancer treatment? How can non-disruptive creation mitigate administrative pitfalls in clinical research?

Join our Host Rachael Babin in conversation with Associate Professor Craig Gedye to learn about the fascinating and radical new ANZadapt trial for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. 

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Welcome to Episode 15 in our Experts On Point podcast series brought to you by The Oncology Podcast. 

What is ovarian tissue cryopreservation and what role does it play in oncofertility? What are the main changes in the new COSA Fertility Guidelines? How hopeful can we be that young people facing a cancer diagnosis can access the latest fertility preservation technologies? How do we reach marginalised groups such as rural patients, gender diverse and transitioning patients? 

In today’s episode, our Host Rachael Babin explores the fascinating world of oncofertility with medical oncologist Associate Professor Antoinette Anazodo and fertility specialist Associate Professor Kate Stern.

We hope you enjoy listening. 

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Welcome to Episode 14 in our Experts On Point podcast series brought to you by The Oncology Podcast. 

Our Host Rachael Babin chats to radiation oncologist Eugene Koay and medical oncologist Lizzy Smyth, both of whom were international guest speakers at the AGITG meeting in November 2022.

Will AI replace radiation oncologists? Eugene gives our listeners the low down on the latest AI developments, big data, dose escalation and radiomics.

Lizzy talks our listeners through treatment options for patients with operable gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma, a recap of international collaborative research projects, surgery free approaches in upper GI cancers.

There’s so much analysis and quite a few giggles packed into this short episode, we hope you enjoy listening.

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Welcome to Episode 13 in our Experts On Point podcast series brought to you by The Oncology Podcast. 

Is Australia ready for a national lung cancer screening program? What would the lung screening program look like? Is it cost-effective? How many lives could it save?

In today’s episode, our Host Rachael Babin explores fascinating new research on lung cancer screening programs with  Associate Professor Marianne Weber. Marianne is a cancer epidemiologist who leads the Lung Cancer Evaluation and Policy Stream at The Daffodil Centre. She is working towards establishing a reliable evidence base to support a national targeted lung cancer screening program in Australia.

This is a fascinating and timely episode as Australia waits – will a national screening program be approved in 2023?   We’ll certainly keep you posted 

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Welcome to Episode 12 in our Experts On Point podcast series brought to you by The Oncology Podcast. 

How does ageism affect older adults with cancer? What impact does bias have on treatment options and outcomes? If you recognise ageist attitudes, what can you do to combat it? How does the language we use with older people affect their health? What country is the most ageist?

Our Host Rachael Babin explores all of these facets with Dr Michael Krasovitsky, a medical oncologist specialising in geriatric oncology, as well as upper gastrointestinal tract cancers and breast cancers. 

This is a powerful, enlightening and uplifting episode that we hope you’ll enjoy listening to.

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Welcome to Episode 11 in our Experts On Point podcast series brought to you by The Oncology Podcast. 

Have you wondered what it is like to practice radiation oncology in Botswana? How can technology and smartphones be used to optimise cancer care?

In today’s episode Rachael Babin speaks to Surbhi Grover, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at University of Botswana.  They're joined by Givy Dhaliwal, Founder & CEO of ONE BCG, the company behind the OP Care app.

Surbhi and Givy collaborated on a smartphone app to optimise the care of gynaecological patients and remove common barriers to treatment success. 

This is the second special episode of Experts on Point focused on cancer care in Botswana. In the first episode, Hans Prenen spoke to Peter Vuylsteke about his experiences practicing medical oncology.

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Welcome to Episode 10 in our Experts On Point podcast series brought to you by The Oncology Podcast.

Have you wondered what it is like to practice medical oncology in Botswana?

In today’s episode, Professor Hans Prenen and Dr Laure-Anne Teuwen chat to Dr Peter Vuylsteke from the University of Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Peter left his medical oncology practice in Belgium to experience medicine in a completely different environment.

This is the first of two special episodes of the podcast on Cancer Care in Botswana. In the next episode, Rachael Babin chats to Surbhi Grover and Givy Dhaliwal about their smart phone app, created to improve the care of gynaecological cancer patients in Gaborone.

We hope you enjoy today's episode.

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Welcome to Episode 9 in our Experts On Point podcast series brought to you by The Oncology Podcast.

Today's episode asks how we can optimise head and neck cancer treatments in developing countries? Can it be done in real-time? 

 Rachael Babin chats to Professor June Corry, about her dynamic and ambitious research utilising technology and expert boards to provide quality assurance within 48 hours to treatment teams in low and middle income countries. 

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Welcome to Episode 8 in our Experts On Point podcast series brought to you by The Oncology Podcast.

Today's episode is all about medicinal cannabis. Does cannabis have a role in cancer treatment? What does the latest research tell us about optimal use? What are the legal implications?

Rachael Babin learns more with Associate Professor Peter Grimison from the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Centre in Sydney.

We hope you enjoy today's episode.

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