Chemotherapy: just the word can fill you with dread.  But maybe what you think you know about chemo isn't quite true any more..

Treatments have changed, drugs that can help with side effects have improved, thanks to clinical trials treatments have become more specific.. but it can still be tough. 

In this podcast you will meet Dr Craig Carden a Ballarat based Medical Oncologist who will talk you through what you might expect if you're about to undertake your first round of chemotherapy.  You'll also meet Oncology Nurses Elizabeth McEncroe and Heather McErvale form St John of God Ballarat Hospital.

Chemotherapy: just the word can fill you with dread.&nbsp; But maybe what you think you know about chemo isn't quite true any more..
Treatments have changed, drugs that can help with side effects have improved, thanks to clinical trials treatments have become more specific.. but it can still be tough.&nbsp;
In this podcast you will meet Dr Craig Carden a Ballarat based Medical Oncologist who will talk you through what you might expect if you're about to undertake your first round of chemotherapy.&nbsp; You'll also meet Oncology Nurses Elizabeth McEncroe and Heather McErvale form St John of God Ballarat Hospital.

We get it, no one wants to know about cancer.  But with a diagnosis you need to know what's going on and we think we can help.  This podcast will take you through what might happen next.  We've covered the main treatments: Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation.

We've asked the experts, Oncologists, Surgeons, Nurses and Survivors.  We've tried to find the information you can use in this podcast series.

A podcast for people who have just been diagnosed with cancer

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