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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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 The Oncology Podcast - Delivering Oncology News Differently

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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The Oncology Podcast - Delivering Oncology News Differently

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. 

We hope you enjoy today's episode.

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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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The Oncology Journal Club - Delivering Oncology News Differently

The Oncology Podcast, brought to you by The Oncology Network, is proud to present Episode 66 in our series The Oncology Journal Club.

Today’s episode is an ASCO 2022 Special… Craig Underhill talks to Jeannie Tie about all things ctDNA. Jeanne talks us through the dynamic trial… an overnight success only 12 years in the making.

You’ll find links to all the papers, bios and Twitter handles in the notes on our websites. For regular news and podcast updates, we invite healthcare professionals to join us at oncologynetwork.com.au.  It's free and it’s a fantastic way to support the OJC.

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The Oncology Podcast, brought to you by The Oncology Network, is proud to present Episode 65 in our series The Oncology Journal Club.

We’ve a surprise guest for this special episode… Join Craig Underhill, Hans Prenen and their favourite Kiwi sidekick yes, it's Chris Jackson from New Zealand.

Whilst Eva relaxes on a European beach somewhere the boys have taken over with a dedicated Manels episode!

Papers cover unconscious bias in speaker introductions at conferences, BRCA testing in men, Respectful Discourse, Sex Differences in Risk of Severe Adverse Events and much more. 

You’ll also hear about ‘Gongs galore’ and being ‘'Too male, too pale, too stale' in this week’s quick bites. 

You’ll find links to all the papers, bios and Twitter handles in the notes on our websites. For regular news and podcast updates, we invite healthcare professionals to join us at oncologynetwork.com.au. Its free and it’s a fantastic way to support the OJC.

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The Oncology Podcast, brought to you by The Oncology Network, is proud to present this special podcast dedicated to cancer care in Ukraine during the war with Russia in 2022.

How has cancer care in Ukraine been affected by the war?

 What are the greatest challenges facing oncologists in the Ukraine at the moment? How many patients are continuing to receive treatments during the Russian invasion? Are healthcare professionals hopeful for the future? And what about COVID-19?

Today we welcome Doctor Andriy Hrynkiv who helps us explore these questions.  Andriy discusses the current situation with Hans Prenen from The Oncology Journal Clubpodcast. Please share this episode with your friends and colleagues.

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The Oncology Podcast - An Australian Oncology Perspective