Pharmacy Daily | Qantas prostate support

QANTAS has announced a new partnership with the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia to improve Australian prostate health. As part of the agreement Qantas has agreed to fly nurses from across the nation to centres where they will undertake training to become Australia’s first specialist prostate cancer nurses. As an added bonus the airline will also boost awareness of the condition via advertising and onboard announcements. “Earlier this year I was tested and discovered that I had an aggressive form of prostate cancer,” said Qantas ceo Alan Joyce. “My doctor told me that there was an 80 per cent chance that I would have been dead within 10 years if it hadn’t been detected when it was. “I consider myself to be one of the lucky ones and would encourage all men over 40 to be tested regularly,” he added. The new prostate nurses will provide a nursing service for men and families impacted by prostate cancer in metropolitan and regional communities and help educate patients and other health care professionals about the disease. The Prostate Cancer CFoundation aims to build the program to about 15 nurses within three years, and then increase it further to 50-60 nurses within six years. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer currently diagnosed in Australia.

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