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73 year-old Brian Flynn loves a beer, his family and the St Kilda Football Club. The former industrial cleaner was close to retirement when first diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago. He had been a heavy smoker as a younger man, and was originally diagnosed after doctors investigated the source of his chest pain.
The following article features in Issue One of the ST BREAST magazine. Vanessa was 43 years old and a single mum to two children aged five and three when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016. She had a mortgage and took eight months off work, using all her accrued annual leave and sick
Dale Ischia is an accredited exercise physiologist and a cancer exercise specialist. She says it’s now “beyond doubt” that exercise is vital before, during and after a breast cancer diagnosis, with the benefits not only physical.
The following article features in Issue One of the ST BREAST magazine. Heather Plaister clearly remembers the moment she found a breast lump. A woman of great faith, she had said a morning prayer before asking God if there was someone she should be praying for. “Then it was just like a thought process
Wellbeing newsletter prompts “outstanding” employee response A strong focus on wellbeing has provided a safe space for employees to share personal stories at Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA), which has today been named an employer of choice in the Australian Business Awards. STA launched a light-hearted, monthly wellbeing newsletter prior to COVID-19, but made it
Melbourne, Australia, 8 October 2020: Independent pharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) has been recognised as an Employer of Choice in The Australian Business Awards 2020. The prestigious awards recognize organisations demonstrating business innovation, product innovation, technological achievement and employee engagement via a set of comprehensive award categories. The Employer of Choice (EOC) accolade in
We are so proud, that in an exceptional field of finalists (including some or the world’s biggest pharma companies) it was our breast cancer patient support program that took out top prize. Special thanks to our program collaborators Pharmacy Phusion for their support and assistance overseeing this tremendous effort.
At ST, we pride ourselves on customer service. We deal with healthcare professionals every day to discuss our portfolio of specialist therapies and the patients who might benefit, and we never forget that there is a person and a family at the heart of every discussion.
Australians who are diagnosed with sarcoma have around a 70% chance of complete cure if they are diagnosed early, according to one of the country’s leading sarcoma experts. Associate Professor Jayesh Desai says making a correct diagnosis at early stage – before the cancer has spread to other organs – is crucial to helping patients
Medical oncologist Dr Richard de Boer discusses interim results from the Oncotype DX RxPONDER study, presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Click on the video banner above to watch the video.