08 May 2017

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) welcomes the Government’s announcement of the first proton therapy centre expected to be operational in South Australia by 2020. Radiation therapy is a highly effective cancer treatment option, estimated to be involved in 40% of...

08 May 2017

The Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) are calling for doctors to sit on their Professional Conduct Committees. The MCNZ's principal purpose is to protect the health and safety of the public by providing mechanisms to ensure that doctors are competent and fit to practise. If a concern is raised...

08 May 2017

The Faculty published the Imaging in Radiation Oncology – a RANZCR Consensus White Paper in 2014, with the aim to identify and document appropriate imaging in the radiotherapeutic management of patients with cancer based on evidence from published literature. The White Paper has recently been...

04 May 2017

The European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) is hosting its third joint ESTRO-RANZCR session at the forthcoming meeting in Vienna from 5-9 May 2017. As part of the second MOU signed between ESTRO and RANZCR last year, the formalisation of this reciprocal joint forum has been...

03 May 2017

RANZCR has a refreshed website which is now live at www.ranzcr.com . This complements our award-winning websites for Targeting Cancer and InsideRadiology which were re-launched in 2015 and 2016. The website has been redeveloped in response to member feedback and the findings from our 2016 member...

30 March 2017

Australian researchers are celebrating the results of a new clinical trial, which shows that radiation therapy for prostate cancer can safely be compressed from a standard eight weeks of daily treatment down to four weeks with the same cure rate and no difference in side effects. Click here to...

19 June 2015

The College is currently calling for expressions of interest in a number of roles, listed on this page. Board of Directors RANZCR is seeking nominations for two (2) member-elected Board of Directors positions (one reserved for New Zealand), for a three (3) year term (from January 2024). These...