A review of the benefits, costs and harms of Australia’s screening programs for bowel and cervical cancers has found they achieve a very strong ‘bang for the buck’, with bowel cancer screening costing as little as $3,380 for each year of life saved – far less than the threshold typically used to decide if medical treatments deserve public subsidies.
Topics: Cancer
How the 45 and Up Study can improve cancer outcomes
The Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study is set to play a major role in improving cancer outcomes in Australia, experts heard at a forum in Sydney led by internationally renowned cancer epidemiologist Professor Dame Valerie Beral. Held at the Parliament of New South Wales on 12 December, the Sax Institute Forum brought together more … Read more
45 and Up Study reveals new insights into bowel cancer screening uptake
Cancer Council NSW has called for a large-scale public education campaign to increase uptake of bowel cancer screening after new research into the 45 and Up Study shed light on which groups in the Australian community are less likely to access screening. Smokers, disadvantaged groups and those from non-English speaking backgrounds were among those less … Read more
Breast screening participation rates in NSW
BreastScreen NSW and 45 and Up Study data linkage
Study gives insights into better breast cancer management
New research drawing on the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study suggests that clinicians treating women with breast cancer should see every consultation as an opportunity to review their management of the disease, amid findings that many women quit protective endocrine therapy too early. While clinical guidelines recommend that women with hormone-dependent primary breast cancer … Read more
Balance urged in cancer screening to avoid health pitfalls of ‘one size fits all’ approach
Experts have called for a rethink of cancer screening in the light of improved understanding of the complications and consequent poorer outcomes that can result from overdiagnosis of some cancers. In a series of articles published today in the Sax Institute’s Public Health Research & Practice journal, researchers say a ‘one size fits all’ approach to cancer … Read more
45 and Up Study shows way ahead for lung cancer screening programs
Researchers from Cancer Council NSW have used the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study to test a new tool that can predict which people are at the highest risk of developing lung cancer. Here, Dr Marianne Weber, Research Fellow at Cancer Council, explains the research. We know that smoking is the primary factor that puts … Read more
Using data mining to explore factors associated with prostate cancer
Evaluation of data mining methods for exploring factors associated with prostate cancer