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City to Surf – Registrations
Now Open
Do you want to challenge yourself and
have fun while promoting radiation
therapy and Targeting Cancer? The
2016 City2Surf will be held on Sunday,
14 August 2016 and we are looking for
participants to join our team. Ms Julie
McCrossin, our ambassador, will be
walking with us.
Help us spread the word to colleagues,
family, friends and patients. All are
welcome to join the team. To register
visit
For further event details visit
Targeting Cancer Fun Run
at College 2016 ASM
Following the successful inaugural
Targeting Cancer fun run at RANZCR
2015 ASM, the event will be held again
at this year’s annual scientific meeting
on the Gold Coast. We look forward
to seeing many more participants
supporting this exciting and highly
anticipated event.
The fun run will be held on Saturday
15 October and is open to delegates
and their guests (colleagues, family,
friends, patients). For further details and
to register visit
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Blacktown Mayor Stephen Bali
visited the newly opened Blacktown
Hospital on Wednesday 25 May
2016 to launch the Targeting Cancer
campaign GP Oncology Education
Evening.
More than 20 GPs from around
western Sydney attended the
session, which provided them
with a face-to-face opportunity to
discuss cancer management issues,
in particular the role of radiation
therapy in everyday general
practice.
Olympian and Western Sydney
University medical student, Jana
Pittman, was also at the event to
lend her support.
Volunteer radiation oncologists
and healthcare professionals
were on hand to present an
interactive program that included
a presentation covering the basic
principles of radiation therapy
followed by two clinical cases. The
session proved popular, with the
GPs becoming very engaged in
discussions about common case
scenarios.
The GPs were also given a tour of
the hospital’s brand new radiation
oncology clinic which displayed
the sophisticated technology and
modern radiation machines that are
used to treat cancer.
The opening of the radiation
oncology clinic at Blacktown
Hospital in April means that for the
first time, cancer patients will be
able to have radiation therapy at
Blacktown, avoiding the need to
travel too far for this treatment.
Blacktown Mayor Launches Targeting
Cancer GP Education Evening
Dr Najmun Nahar – radiation
oncologist, Stephen Bali
– Blacktown Mayor, and
Olympian Jana Pittman