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Access the latest oncology news from around the globe. Search by keyword, tumour stream or clinical focus.

The Oncology Podcast

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Head over to our dedicated space for PBS updates, trade news coverage, commentaries and industry podcasts.

Exclusive Commentary

We proudly publish exclusive commentary from key opinion leaders, clinicians, researchers and organisations.

Oncology Events

Oncology meeting information all in one place. Browse the calendar, read reviews and listen to podcast specials.

Oncology Jobs

Looking for new team members or a different position? Oncology Jobs can help.

Oncology News

Oncology News Australia publishes the latest oncology news from around the world. We bring together aggregated news content, exclusive commentaries and coverage of the key international oncology meetings. Readers can search for stories by tumour stream, clinical focus and keyword.

The Oncology Newsletter

Our publication is the highlight of the week for our subscribers, neatly collating must-read commentaries, quirky news stories you won’t read anywhere else and must-listen podcasts. It is free for all Oncology Network Members.

Latest News

27 November 2023

Obesity may not be the only factor to link ultra-processed foods to higher risk of mouth, throat and oesophagus cancers

Eating more ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may be associated with a higher risk of developing cancers of...

Immunotherapy

27 November 2023

Immunotherapy drug is well tolerated in lung cancer patients with limited physical function, study suggests

For patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and limited performance status,...

Featured

27 November 2023

Liver cancer rates increase in each successive generation of Mexican Americans, study finds

In the United States, liver cancer rates have more than tripled since 1980. Some groups, including Latinos,...

Latest News

27 November 2023

Robust chromatin map explains heterogeneity of paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital described the gene regulatory networks contributing...

Emerging Tech

27 November 2023

Personalised cancer medicine: humans make better treatment decisions than AI

Treating cancer is becoming increasingly complex, but also offers more and more possibilities. After...

Featured

27 November 2023

Lidocaine may be able to kill certain cancer cells by activating bitter taste receptors

Lidocaine – often used as numbing agent for outpatient medical procedures – activates certain...

Latest News

27 November 2023

Colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: Lack of basic care is costing lives

Most people with colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa receive no treatment or only inadequate treatment,...

Latest News

27 November 2023

Scientists find 'kill switch' that activates cancer cell death in the lab

Scientists have figured out a way to detonate the ‘doors’ that lead to the heart of cancerous...

Latest News

26 November 2023

Improved outcomes for patients with ALK positive non-small cell lung cancer

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and as the fourth most diagnosed cancer and the leading cause...

The Oncology Podcast

Experts on Point

In this series Rachael Babin and others chat to researchers, clinicians and advocates about their work in oncology.

The Oncology Journal Club

Now with over 60 episodes! Join Eva Segelov, Craig Underhill and Hans Prenen for journal club.

The OJC Meets Series...

The OJC team interview very special guests including Dorothy Keefe, Fran Boyle, Grant McArthur, Mark Lewis, Nathan Cherny, Andrew Denton and more.

Women in Global Oncology

We go Global and find out what practicing oncology is like for women in Brazil and Mexico. More coming soon.

Cancer and COVID-19

Raina MacIntyre shares her invaluable wisdom with us.

Industry Specials

Check out our Industry Spotlight podcasts. These include professional podcast productions created with our industry partners.

Professor Dorothy Keefe

CEO, Cancer Australia

The new podcast series are a great idea! The podcast is brilliant. This is my favourite way to do Journal Club.

Associate Professor Bishal Gyawali

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

I have my bias but it was the best journal club I've attended, ever. Can't wait for the next episode!

Doctor Mahdi Sheikh

International Agency for Research on Cancer

Thank you so much for preparing these podcasts and giving quick and comprehensive updates to the busy physicians and researchers in Oncology.

Recent Guests

Mark Lewis

Professor Eva Segelov chats with Dr Mark Lewis, oncologist and Director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, USA.

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Fran Boyle

Professor Fran Boyle and A/Prof Craig Underhill have an honest and practical look at oncoburnout, corona anxiety, zoom cognitive load, telehealth communication skills and the multi-tasking myth.

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Dorothy Keefe

Professor Dorothy Keefe and A/Prof Craig Underhill share a passionate, inspiring and warm chat, discussing Optimal Care Pathways, COVID-19 , digitising and improving health care systems and much more...

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Julie McCrossin AM

A/Prof Craig Underhill chats to Julie McCrossin AM. This intimate conversation covers everything from oral sex to radiation oncology masks to the care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.

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Andrew Denton

Professor Eva Segelov chats to founder of the Go Gentle organisation, Aussie comedy legend Andrew Denton. This poignant and thought-provoking episode explores the intricacies of voluntary assisted dying.

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Nathan Cherny

Professor Eva Segelov chats to Professor Nathan Cherny, who leads the Multidisciplinary Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine Service at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in Jerusalem, Israel and is the mastermind behind the ESMO Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale.

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Grant McArthur

Professor Eva Segelov and Dr Craig Underhill chat to Professor Grant McArthur, Executive Director of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

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The Oncology Journal Club Podcast

#OJC

The Oncology Journal Club is known affectionately as The OJC. Listen for discussion of key papers, analysis of practice changing data, bad Dad jokes, mispronunciations, fantastic guests doing amazing things, the occasional musical interlude and much, much more…