Cancer
Report
Independent Assurance Review for the National Bowel Screening Programme: final report
This review of the National Bowel Screening Programme says the roll-out is progressing well and the Ministry of Health continues to improve its processes to support this. The panel does make a number of wide-ranging recommendations to support continued improvement.
Report
Radiotherapy in Australia 2016–17
Over 63,500 courses of radiotherapy were delivered in Australia during 2016–17. 50% of all radiotherapy patients started treatment within nine days.
Report
Breast Cancer Network Australia's state of the nation report
Reflecting on twenty years of consumer advocacy, Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) asks in this report what does it feel like to be diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer in Australia today?
Evaluation
Analysis of bowel cancer outcomes for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program 2018
This report compares mortality outcomes and cancer characteristics for two populations: those invited to screen in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in 2006–2010, and those of a similar age who were not invited in that time period.
Journal article
Development of a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer framework: a shared process to guide effective policy and practice
The purpose of this paper is to describe an initiative by Cancer Australia and Menzies School of Health Research to develop Australia’s first national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer framework, using a process of co-design with relevant stakeholders.