Leonie’s story: NAIDOC week - VOICE. TREATY. TRUTH. Let's work together for a shared future.
10 July, 2019
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia every July to honour the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The theme of this year’s NAIDOC week is ‘Voice, Treaty and Truth: Let’s work together for a shared future.” In celebration of NAIDOC week, we are featuring Leonie McIntosh’s story, a proud…
10 July, 2019
ADELAIDE, Australia – A high-precision radiation therapy technology called ExacTrac® is now available to treat suitable patients with secondary brain tumours, at GenesisCare in the Tennyson Centre in Kurralta Park. The Brainlab ExacTrac Image Guided Radiation Therapy system will be used for stereotactic radiosurgery, a non-invasive form of intracranial radiation therapy treatment, which delivers precisely…
8 July, 2019
GenesisCare’s Epping centre turns 10 as local demand for radiation oncology services soars
GenesisCare’s Epping radiation oncology centre is celebrating its 10th birthday this week, marking a decade of improved local access to high quality radiation therapy in Melbourne’s outer northern suburbs. In the early 2000s, the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne were earmarked by the state government as an area of need, with locals having to travel…
4 July, 2019
Colin Gutsche, 75, Port Clinton, Adelaide, suffers from mitral valve disease, a serious medical condition which causes severe breathlessness, as well as high risk of death. Last Friday, a team of our cardiologists became the first surgeons in the world to perform a new procedure, implanting an artificial mitral valve inside Colin’s heart, by sending…
13 June, 2019
Works begin on Shepparton radiation therapy cancer centre
Construction of a brand new $11 million cancer centre is officially underway in Shepparton. GenesisCare held an official sod turning ceremony in Shepparton this week, including special guests, Federal MP Damien Drum, the Hon. Wendy Lovell MP, Greater Shepparton City Council Mayor, Cr Kim O’Keefe and Sandy Chamberlin, Executive Director of Infrastructure at Goulburn Valley…
6 June, 2019
Promising results in a recent outcomes report for the MAVERIC clinical trial
GenesisCare, Australia’s leading private provider of cardiac treatment services, is pleased to announce that promising results and improvement in patients’ mitral valve regurgitation are demonstrated in a recent outcomes report for the MAVERIC clinical trial. GenesisCare is currently enrolling patients to participate in this trial. The trial is a major step forward for treating heart…