The impact of multidisciplinary cancer meetings in guiding treatment intent in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

Introduction: Patient presentation at multidisciplinary cancer meetings (MDMs) is a key quality indicator in cancer care and may have particular utility in rare malignancies, such as upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). This study aims to investigate what proportion of patients diagnosed with UTUC had treatment intent changed at MDM, the nature of these changes, and what patient factors may correlate with a suggested change.

Methods: This study analyzed patients diagnosed with UTUC between 2015 and 2020 at an Australian tertiary referral center.

Acute epididymo-orchitis from in Australia.

Brucellosis epididymo-orchitis (BEO) is extremely rare in non-endemic areas such as Australia. While epididymo-orchitis is relatively common in adolescent men, when presented with a significant travel history, consideration should be given to rare causes such as this. Here, we present a case of BEO in a young 18-year-old man who recently migrated from Greece, with symptoms of acute scrotal pain, swelling and persistent fever.

Unintentional paediatric poisoning in rural Victoria: incidence and admission rates.

Objective: Unintentional paediatric poisoning is one of the leading causes of childhood emergency department presentations in Australia. This study aimed to assess the incidence and hospital admission rates of unintentional paediatric poisonings in rural Victoria.

Design Setting And Participants: A retrospective audit of all paediatric poisonings in an 86-bed rural Victorian hospital over the period 2000-2010 was conducted.

Hormonal implications in the development and treatment of prostate cancer.

In this article, the conflicting data concerning the androgen axis and prostate cancer development are reviewed in addition to how this pathway may be exploited to prevent the development of prostate cancer. The expanding role of hormone ablative therapy alone or in conjunction with standard therapies, the controversies of timing of therapy, and the completeness of ablation and its use on an intermittent basis are reviewed.