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Profile and Presence
Targeting Cancer Website Wins
Prestigious Global Award
We are very excited that the Targeting
Cancer website has won the Best in
Class award in the Interactive Media
Awards (IMA) for Healthcare category.
The Best in Class award is the highest
honour bestowed by the IMA. It is
awarded to a healthcare related digital
platform displaying the very best
in planning, execution and overall
professionalism.
In order to win this award, our site had
to successfully pass the comprehensive
judging process, achieving outstanding
marks in the judging criteria - an
achievement only a fraction of sites in
the IMA competition earn each year. The
site received an overall score of 491 out
of 500 in the category of ‘Healthcare’.
The scores covered five areas of Design
(97), Content (100), Feature Functionality
(99), Usability (98) and Standards
Compliance (97).
In addition, the Targeting Cancer
website was recently named a Gold
Winner in the prestigious Sydney Design
Awards in the Digital EdTech category.
Thank you to everyone who has
contributed to the design and content
of the website.
HealthEd Seminars
A/Prof Sandra Turner has secured a
speaking opportunity to update general
practitioners (GPs) on modern radiation
therapy for prostate cancer and the
role of the GPs in ensuring men hear all
the treatment options. Cancer Institute
NSW has agreed to sponsor Targeting
Cancer’s participation in those events.
There are five CPD-approved General
Practice Education Days run by
HealthEd, the biggest GP education
provider in Australia. Dr Peter Gorayski
and A/Prof Jeremy Millar will be
assisting with this program which
attracts thousands of GPs each year.
For more information about these
events visit
au/seminars/
GP Oncology Education Evenings
Oncology Education Evenings provide
GPs with the opportunity to learn about
the role of radiation therapy for their
patients. So far in 2016, 14 GP evenings
have been held in Australia and New
Zealand, with hundreds of GPs and
other health professionals attending and
providing positive feedback. We would
like to thank our members and the team
from those sites for organising these
events. There are several GP evenings
planned for later this year.
If you are interested in hosting a GP
Oncology Education Evening, please
contact us on
and we will provide all the materials
to assist you.
How YOU can get involved
We are always looking for patient and
good news stories about radiation
therapy, patient resources/photos
that will help raise the profile of our
profession and of radiation therapy as
a treatment option. Please email us
at if you would
like to contribute to the campaign,
or contact A/Prof Sandra Turner
if
you have any questions or ideas about
suitable stories.
Like Targeting Cancer on Facebook, or
follow @targetingcancer on Twitter, and
help us spread the word. Please help us
make Targeting Cancer THE brand to
promote our fantastic treatment!
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Some of the City2Surf Targeting Cancer team