Sydney Cancer Genetics in Ultimo, New South Wales | Oncologist

Sydney Cancer Genetics

Locality: Ultimo, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 8964 9977

Address: Suite 17, Level 2, 22-36 Mountain St 2007 Ultimo, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.SydneyCancerGenetics.com.au

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23.01.2022 Yesterday Pink Hope announced it would be co-funding genetic testing for women who are at moderate to high risk of breast and/or ovarian cancer and who had just missed out on funded testing via the public system. The project is supported by Barbells for Boobs and, for eligible patients, the test will cost $200. See www.YourRisk.com.au Patients can assess their risk by downloading a Family History Questionnaire from the Sydney Cancer Genetics website and discussing it with ...their GP or by using Pink Hope's YourRisk tool (developed in conjunction with the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre). Criteria for publicly funded testing, as well as management guidelines, can be found on the Cancer Institute's eviQ website. The test must be ordered by a doctor, who assumes the medico-legal responsibility for interpreting the test and who provides genetic counselling, perhaps with the assistance of a genetic counsellor, regarding the implications and limitations of testing and the possibility of unexpected and/or uncertain findings. The aim of the program is to raise awareness of reduced test costs and the option of private clinics and self funded testing for patients who are looking for an alternate to the public system.

22.01.2022 Here's the radio interview Dr Hilda High recorded with Steve Price at 2GB regarding The Cancer Genetics Fund and the ClinTrial Refer Cancer Genetics app. To download the app visit The Cancer Genetics Fund: www.CancerGenetics.com.au

21.01.2022 Dr Hilda High will be appearing on Channel 9's The Today Show, as a genetic cancer expert. Tune in: tomorrow Thursday 13th October 8:50 am. Afterwards, she will be talking with Wendy Harmer on 702 ABC Sydney radio. We'll post links and more information later!

20.01.2022 Sydney Cancer Genetics can now offer bulk billed BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing to ALL women diagnosed with high grade serous ovarian cancer, regardless of current age, family history or treatment stage! AstraZeneca, the company that makes Lynparza (Olaparib) that is used to treat ovarian cancer, has generously offered to fund testing for women with high grade serous ovarian cancer who may have missed out on publicly funded genetic testing. Women with high grade, epithelial, non m...Continue reading

19.01.2022 Linking Patients with Researchers Regardless of Postcode The Cancer Genetics Fund launches the ClinTrial Refer Cancer Genetics App The majority of eligible rural and regional Australians are not involved in research. ... Dr Hilda High, Genetic Oncologist, explained: I do a lot of Telehealth to rural and regional areas of Australia. Many of patients and families are very keen to be involved in research. But they think that they have to live in a capital city. Most cancer genetics trials DON’T require the patient to live close to the researchers. For example, patients can answer a questionnaire online or over the phone, send their DNA or tumour block to the research lab or attend annual screening in a tertiary metropolitan hospital. New trials become available all the time. Keeping up to date can be difficult for genetic counsellors let alone for GPs. That’s where the Cancer Genetics version of the already widely used ClinTrial Refer app comes in. Let’s say you have a strong family history of pancreatic cancer. You can use the App to find screening and prevention trials. On the other hand, if you and your family have a history of bowel polyps, you can find studies investigating why the polyps occur and novel ways of preventing them. The ClinTrial Refer Cancer Genetics App displays all the information you need: what the trial is about, what features you or your family need to have and even who to contact. Some trials ask that your specialist refers you while others are very happy for patients to contact them directly. The app is free, for patients and doctors as well as for the researchers. It is hosted by The Cancer Genetics Fund, (www.CancerGenetics.com.au ), a registered charity committed to preventing cancer and its effect on individuals and families by promoting awareness of hereditary cancer syndromes and their management. Understanding the hereditary cause of cancers has wide reaching benefits, including unlocking new treatments for all patients with cancer, said Dr High, an unpaid director of The Cancer Genetics Fund. The more people enrolled in research, the closer we get to understanding, treating and preventing cancer.

15.01.2022 Genetic testing has become less expensive and more accessible, Does this mean all doctors should be ordering these tests when their patients request them? Not necessarily. We have reproduced the article written by Dr Hilda High and published in The Medical Observer on our website. See our website www.SydneyCancerGenetics.com.au under the FAQ >> For Doctors. ... It is also has the link to the original article, published on the 7th June 2016, with comments.

10.01.2022 Dr Hilda High is very proud be involved with the registered charity, The Cancer Genetics Fund (www.CancerGenetics.com.au). Dr High is one of the unpaid directors and key spokesperson. The Cancer Genetics Fund was formed with the specific goal of preventing cancer and its effect on individuals and families by promoting awareness of hereditary cancer syndromes and their management. One of the key programs of the charity has been to develop the ClinTrial Refer Cancer Genetics... App to link individuals with research trials, regardless of where they live. (see our media release post) Download the App, visit the website and get involved today!

10.01.2022 What is somatic testing and who is it for? This post should help you to make more sense of the 2 articles published in The Australian newspaper on the weekend (2-3-2019). For non subscribers,you can read the article on the Australian Translational Genomics Centre's website https://research.qut.edu.au//atgc-and-cancer-genomics-in-/ First, what is cancer?...Continue reading

07.01.2022 BRCA testing FREE for high risk patients From 1st November, funded BRCA testing will be available for high risk patients without having to queue up in the public system or having to travel long distances to a public familial cancer clinic. This is great news!! Two new MBS item numbers have been created: 73296 and 73297. This means that high risk patients can have genetic testing of BRCA1 and BRCA2 (as well as 5 other genes associated with breast cancer risk) and the test will...Continue reading

04.01.2022 The Garvin report highlights poorer cancer outcomes for regional and rural Australians. However, Telehealth can redress many of these "post code" issues Many specialists like myself (including Medical Oncologist and Dermatologists and even allied health professionals) are already using TeleHealth. Telehealth can increase the rate of detection and diagnosis of cancer, address lack of awareness about cancer risk, educate about screening / prevention options and provide access... to cancer support services. However, finding TeleHealth specialstis can be tricky. The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine has a directory on their website (http://www.ehealth.acrrm.org.au/). As a Genetic Oncologist working in private practice, I conduct bulk billed TeleHealth consults throughout rural and regional Australia. These consults usually occur via a GP providing not only a local service for the patient but an education opportunity for the GP and their practice. People at increased cancer risk due to an inherited predisposition do not only live in capital cities. Conducting Telehealth via the public system is more complicated due to state boundaries and firewalls but these issues are not insurmountable. Two days ago I gave a presentation entitled: TeleHealth in Private Practice: If a physio can do it, so can you! as part of the Royal Australian College of Physician Telehealth workshop. A co-presenter addressed TeleHealth from a public perspective. The presentations were recorded and will be available on their YouTube site in a few days (https://www.youtube.com/user/RACP1938/videos ) and I will provide a link here too. GPs, patients and specialists should consider Telehealth consults. Health outcomes should not be determined by where an individual lives, especially when we have the technology to overcome distance.

03.01.2022 Dr High will be talking about The Cancer Genetics Fund and the ClinTrial Refer Cancer Genetics App with Steve Price on 2GB http://www.2gb.com/shows/nights-steve-price tonight between 8pm and 10pm as part of the regular Health Matters segment.

03.01.2022 Listen to Dr Hilda High's interview with Wendy Harmer (702 ABC Sydney) regarding the importance of affordable and accessible genetic testing and discussing Pink Hope's co-funded genetic testing program. The interview starts around minute 38 and runs until minute 48.