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Latest News and Events

IPOS 14th World Congress 2012 in Brisbane, Australia 15/09/2011
We are pleased to announce that Cancer Council Queensland, PoCoG and the Australian Psychosocial Oncology Society (OZPOS) have been successful in the bid to host the International Psycho-Oncology Society 14th World Congress in 2012 in Brisbane. more...
Open SAC Meeting 2010 08/11/2010
The Inaugural Open SAC meeting was held as part of the OZPOS and PoCoG Psycho-oncology Professional Day on 8 November 2010 from 2.45 - 5.30pm. more...
Around The World
New cancer blood test on the horizon 05/01/2011
ONE of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies is planning to commercialise a new blood test for cancer that it says could do away with biopsies and transform cancer treatment. more...
Power of positive thinking debunked 14/01/2010
The power of positive thinking is misleading and can have dire consequences on your health, according to leading US author and researcher Barbara Ehrenreich. more...
Australia
Experts needed to help with development of an intervention 23/05/2011
Coping-Together is a novel, multi-media, self-directed psychosocial intervention designed to help couples develop adaptive coping skills to manage physical and psychosocial effects of a cancer diagnosis and feel more confident to apply these to their current situation. more...
PCFA Travel Grants 09/05/2011
PCFA is sponsoring travel grants aimed at assisting outstanding PhD Students and recently graduated post-doctoral researchers to attend the 12th Australasian Prostate Cancer Conference (APCC) more...


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