Shorter Waits for Cancer Treatment
The health target, Shorter Waits for Cancer Treatment states that everyone needing radiation or chemotherapy treatment will have this within four weeks.
The health target, Shorter Waits for Cancer Treatment states that everyone needing radiation or chemotherapy treatment will have this within four weeks.
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Significant advances in breast cancer treatment waiting times
posted by Research Admin on 9 May 2013
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons media release, 8 May 2013 New Zealand surgeons are reporting significant advances in efforts to…
Feedback on draft tumour standards
posted by HIIRC Admin on 15 Apr 2013
The Ministry of Health is now seeking feedback on the draft standards, which are being developed as part of the…
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National Cancer Programme: Work Plan 2012/13
posted by HIIRC Admin on 25 Jan 2013
The National Cancer Programme brings together the work of the Ministry of Health, district health boards (DHBs) and regional cancer…
International Literature
High performance teamwork training and systems redesign in outpatient oncology (U.S.)
posted by Research Admin on 3 May 2013
Oncology care is delivered largely in ambulatory settings by interdisciplinary teams. Treatments are often complex, extended in time, dispersed geographically…
International Literature
Timeliness of cancer care from diagnosis to treatment: A comparison between patients with breast, colon, rectal or lung cancer (Canada)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 9 Apr 2013
In this retrospective population-level study, the authors investigate the value in measuring time intervals across cancer sites to identify potentially…
International Literature
A narrative literature review of older people's cancer pain experience
posted by HIIRC Admin on 2 Apr 2013
In this narrative literature review, the authors synthesise current evidence about the experience of older people with cancer pain and…
NZ Literature Abstract
Unstaged cancer in a population-based registry: Prevalence, predictors and patient prognosis
posted by HIIRC Admin on 10 Apr 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Jason Gurney, Diana Sarfati, James Stanley, Elizabeth Dennett, Carol Johnson, Jonathan B. Koea, Andrew Simpson, Rodney Studd.
Cancer Epidemiology, 31 March [Epub before print]
NZ Literature Abstract
The effect of Māori ethnicity misclassification on cervical screening coverage
posted by HIIRC Admin on 9 Apr 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Peter Sandiford, Micol Salvetto, Dale M. Bramley, Samuel Wong, Lannes Johnson.
New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1372)
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Faster, safer cancer treatment for mainlanders
posted by Research Admin on 9 May 2013
Tony Ryall media release, 9 May 2013 Health Minister Tony Ryall says doctors and nurses across the South Island are…
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Next steps for faster cancer treatment
posted by HIIRC Admin on 15 Apr 2013
Tony Ryall media release, 14 April 2013 The Government’s goal of faster care for cancer patients has taken another step…
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Cigarette smoking and risk of breast cancer in a New Zealand multi-ethnic case-control study
- The high volume debate in a low volume country: Centralisation of oesophageal resection in New Zealand
- 'Where do I go from here'? A cultural perspective on challenges to the use of hospice services
- Unstaged cancer in a population-based registry: Prevalence, predictors and patient prognosis
- The effect of Māori ethnicity misclassification on cervical screening coverage
International Literature
- Methods to increase participation in organised screening programs: A systematic review
- Measures of promptness of cancer diagnosis in primary care: Secondary analysis of national audit data on patients with 18 common and rarer cancers (England)
- Ten-year results of quality assurance in radiotherapy chart round (Australia)
- High performance teamwork training and systems redesign in outpatient oncology (U.S.)
- Systematic review of quality improvement interventions directed at cancer specialists
Events
- Identification of the barriers to the early diagnosis of lung cancer seminar - a mixed methods approach (Auckland)
- 10th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research 2013
- BC3 - Breast Cancer Coordinated Care (U.S.A.)
- Prostate Cancer World Congress incorporating the 14th Australasian Prostate Cancer Conference (Melbourne)
- National Rectal Cancer Summit (Wellington)