A radiation therapy treatment that provides prostate cancer patients with an alternative to surgery is being acknowledged for 20 years of helping men at The Alfred.

Burns experts at The Alfred are once again warning people not to mix accelerants and flames, after new data analysis revealed December has the highest number of preventable, accelerant-related burns injuries.

A drug combination that offers stage 4 melanoma patients the highest change of survival will be listed on the PBS from December 1, a move which specialists at the Victorian Melanoma Service say could buy some patients at least four more years of life.

This international one-day course is aimed at providing health care personnel with the skills and knowledge to manage the patient in the immediate period of crisis. The program covers the recognition, assessment and immediate management of the critically ill and deteriorating patient.

The Life Support Committee and their network of friends and associates invite you to join them in support of The Alfred at the must attend event on the summer social calendar, the 2019 Alfa Romeo Portsea Polo.  The annual event on the Mornington Peninsula is the setting for the committee’s most fabulous fundraising initiative of the year.