1089.1 - Review of Interim Funded Service: Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
Reference No. | 1089.1 |
| Application Name | Review of Interim Funded Service: Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer |
| Advisory Panel | Dr Fred Khafagi Chair MSAC member Dr Allan McKenzie Deputy Chair MSAC Member (September 2009 to December 2010) Mr Bill McHugh Consumers Health Forum Professor Tony Costello Prostate Specialist Professor Anatoly Rozenfeld Medical Radiation Physics Dr Ross Cartmill Urologist Professor Gillian Duchesne Radiation Oncologist |
| Date Received by MSAC Secretariat | n/a |
| Stage 1 - Eligibility | Eligible |
| Stage 2 - Assessment | Completed |
| Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the Minister | MSAC supports public funding for low dose-rate 125I brachytherapy for localised prostate cancer (clinical stage T1 or T2) with a prostate specific antigen (PSA) level of 10 ng/ml or less and a Gleason score of 7 or less.
MSAC agreed that brachytherapy is appropriate as a first-line monotherapy where the Gleason score is <(3+4) = 7, and if used for Gleason (4+3) = 7, should be part of combined modality treatment; such advice could form part of the MBS Explanatory Notes. |
| Stage 4 - Decision | MSAC considered this assessment on 2 December 2010. The Minister noted MSAC's advice 22 March 2011. |
| Stage 5 - Implementation | In progress |
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