Clinical Trials & Research Professionals Group

This position statement was published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 10 March 2023, https://doi.org/10.1111/ajco.13943

The aims were to (a) review the scientific literature on occupational risk, including exposure mechanisms and risk assessment, with regards to handling monoclonal antibodies (mABs) in healthcare settings; and (b) update the recommendations in the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) safe handling of monoclonal antibodies in healthcare settings position statement, published in 2013.

Practitioners should follow the 14 recommendations to lower occupational risk when handling mABs. Another Position Statement update should occur in 5–10 years to ensure the currency of recommendations.

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The CNSA Vascular Access Devices: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, 2024 provide recommendations for clinical practice based on current evidence. This knowledge base, alongside your clinical expertise, individual patient preferences, products and their appropriate application, and finally within your local workplace or environment can be integrated together into comprehensive approach to vascular access management for the individual cancer patient.

More and more young Australians are using e-cigarettes. These are harmful to health and can cause nicotine
addiction, poisoning, seizures, burns and lung injury. The long-term harms are not yet known. Non-smokers who use e-cigarettes are much more likely to go on to smoke tobacco.

This is a rapidly accelerating public health crisis. Cancer Council and other public health groups call on governments to take immediate action—before it is too late.

The only way to halt the epidemic of e-cigarette use among young people is to significantly strengthen enforcement of existing laws and enact additional legislative controls. Read the recommendations from Cancer Council, COSA and other leading public health organisations.