Publications by authors named "Mun Yee Tan"
Background: Metastatic breast cancer (mBC) guidelines recommend multidisciplinary meetings (MDM), but there is limited research on their impact. This prospective study examines the impact of an mBC MDM on management plans, their implementation rate, and costs and benefits at an Australian metropolitan breast cancer center.
Methods: Consecutive mBC MDM patients were enrolled.
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- - The study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy using iodine-125 for young men under 60 with localized low- to intermediate-risk prostate cancer, amid existing concerns among urologists about long-term control and side effects.
- - A total of 161 patients were analyzed over a median follow-up period of 6.8 years, revealing an impressive biochemical progression-free survival rate of 94% at 8 years and an overall survival rate of 96.9%.
- - The treatment resulted in minimal severe toxicities, with only 1.9% of patients developing secondary cancers, indicating that LDR brachytherapy could be a highly effective and safe option for younger men diagnosed
Prostate cancer (PCa) is a multifaceted, heterogeneous disease (with 7 molecular subtypes), which can metastasize to common sites, such as bone, lymph nodes, liver, and lungs. However, with PSMA PET imaging, rare sites of metastasis are increasingly discovered. We report 5 cases of unusual metastases in patients with castrate-sensitive PCa: solitary right inguinal nodal metastasis, solitary abdominal wall metastasis, penile shaft metastases, solitary perineum metastasis, and pleural metastases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Increased hospital patient volume, reflecting greater experience, has been shown to be associated with improved survival for some cancers. However, there is no evidence to support the volume-outcome hypothesis for inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients within the Australasian setting. We examined the relationship between overall survival (OS) and institutional patient accrual volume (IPAV) in a large prospective Australasian NSCLC database (TROG 99.
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