A cancer diagnosis is often the start of a confronting and turbulent time. For many people facing cancer, loss of hair due to chemotherapy adds another layer of emotion. A Royal Adelaide Hospital volunteer service provides an affordable option for women who want to...
Lyall Pearce was feeling fit and healthy, having just celebrated his 50th birthday. “My grandmother lived to 101, so I was thinking I had about another 50 years left,” the husband and father of two from Hillcrest said. But when the ride to work he did every day...
Chelsea Falco was diagnosed with a brain tumour at age 20, just three years after losing her Dad to cancer. “It was basically putting a lot of pressure on my optic nerves and affecting my vision,” she explains. Most of the tumour was able to be removed by surgery. “I...
In an Australian first, young South Australian cancer patients will soon have access to a renowned international registry, which will help better inform radiation treatment and long-term side effects.The collaboration between the Radiation Oncology Department at the...
Surgeons at the Royal Adelaide Hospital have successfully performed an Australian-first procedure implanting a 3D-printed polymer breastbone in a patient. Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dr Michael Worthington, said in order to remove a tumour, it also involved...
