Understanding and addressing moral distress caused by COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Victoria’s health care workers are likely to encounter moral distress, anxiety and regret arising from ethical challenges in cancer care. Professor [...]
Encouraging the community to attend GP appointments during the pandemic
Since March 2020, the MPCCC has been working closely with the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre to deliver a coordinated response to the challenges posed by [...]
Prostate cancer prevention one step closer with outcomes of landmark genetic research
Monash University’s Precision Medicine research group has discovered multiple new genetic risk factors that make men susceptible to aggressive prostate cancer, in a landmark study [...]
Victorian Integrated Cancer Services back cancer sector transformation during COVID-19 pandemic
In response to an urgent need for administrative support and workforce training during the COVID-19 pandemic, staff from Victoria’s eight region-based Integrated Cancer Services (ICS) [...]
Cancer leadership influences COVID-19 policy to sustain cancer care
Essential cancer surgery and screening procedures will continue in Victoria’s public hospitals following the Victorian government’s rapid response to advice from the Victorian COVID-19 Cancer [...]
What’s the best way to manage breast cancer during lock-down?
Preventing further delays in diagnosis and clinical treatment for breast cancer is a top priority for the Victorian COVID-19 Cancer Network’s (VCCN) Breast Cancer Advisory [...]
Second wave may push healthcare workers’ wellbeing to the limits
Victorian health services are concerned about increasing levels of depression and anxiety among healthcare workers due to the pressures created by COVID-19. The situation was [...]
Introducing the MPCCC Tech Talks
Next month, MPCCC is introducing a new series of online talks presenting innovative and new technologies that are being applied to current cancer and clinical [...]
New Governance Group Chair will position MPCCC for success
This May, Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium (MPCCC) welcomed Felicity Topp, Chief Executive of Peninsula Health, to the role Governance Group Chair. Ms Topp’s extensive [...]
Health professionals predict rising challenges for cancer care
Delays in routine cancer care due to COVID19 have health professionals on high alert for a variety of service challenges predicted to arise in coming [...]