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Cancer Australia Wiki Guidelines for Lung Cancer

Feb 26, 2016 | Guideline & Position Statements, News

The Cancer Australia Wiki Guidelines for Lung Cancer have recently been updated by the Lung Cancer Guideline Working Party. This resource addresses many questions using the PICO (Population-Intervention-Comparator-Outcome) approach. The evidence is summarised, a...

Avant offers 22 scholarships to support life-changing research

Feb 2, 2016 | News

Dear Associate and Affiliate Members, Please refer below to the Avant offer to fund full-time, part-time and short-term research projects to support life-changing research to promote better patient outcomes and advance the careers of some of Australia’s promising...

ANZSCTS Database Newsletter Issue 3 – January 2016

Jan 1, 2016 | Database News

Please see link below for the latest newsletter from the ANZSCTS database program. ANZSCTS Database Newsletter Issue 3

Season’s greetings from ANZSCTS

Dec 24, 2015 | News

ANZSCTS Office hours over the holiday period: Please be advised the Society Office closes on 23 December for the holiday period. The Office will reopen on Monday 11 January 2016. As the festive season approaches, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you and...

HPS Report: Impact of the changing role of private health insurers on clinical autonomy

Dec 22, 2015 | News

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) has commissioned a report to better understand the changing role of private health insurers in Australia and New Zealand and to undertake a preliminary assessment of the impact of these changes on the clinical autonomy...

STS Clinical Practice Guidelines on arterial conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting

Dec 11, 2015 | Guideline & Position Statements, News

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has released a new clinical practice guideline that recommends the use of arterial rather than venous conduits when performing coronary artery bypass grafting in certain patients. The new guideline is available on The Annals of...