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<title>Medical Services Advisory Committee</title>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/</link>
<description>The principal role of the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) is to advise the Australian Minister for Health and Ageing on evidence relating to the safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of new medical technologies and procedures.</description>
<language>en-au</language>
<webMaster>MSAC.SECRETARIAT@health.gov.au</webMaster>
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<title>New Public Summary</title>
<description>Application 1134 - The injection of poly-L-lactic acid (sculptra) for the treatment of facial lipoatrophy caused by antioretroviral therapy in HIV positive patients - Public Summary Document</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/2AD0E9BD12315EB9CA2575C5002872A9/$File/1134-MSAC-PSD.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 March 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Public Summary</title>
<description>Application 1113 - Endovenous Laser Treatment for varicose veins (ELT) - Public Summary Document</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/115CC907F00447B3CA2575AD0082FD6C/$File/1113-MSAC-PSD.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 March 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Review </title>
<description>1054.1 Review of MSAC Assessment 1054 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment (HBOT) of two indications, late soft tissue radiation injury and radio necrosis and hypoxic problem wounds in non-diabetic patients. </description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/1054.1</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 March 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Eligible Assessment </title>
<description>Application 1144 Pathology Tests for Mycobacterial Infection</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/app1144-1</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 March 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Eligible Assessment </title>
<description>Application 1143 Radiofrequency Ablation in Barrett's Oesophagus with Dysplasia</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/app1143-1</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 March 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MSAC Performance Report 2008-09</title>
<description>PDF printable version of MSAC Performance Report 2008 - 2009 (PDF 2153 KB)</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/9FD4C2646B76FA43CA25768F00221A26/$File/MSAC_Performance%20_Report_2008-09.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 January 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessment Report</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - Cryotherapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer and Renal Cancer - Assessment Report (PDF 3046 KB)</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/2AD0E9BD12315EB9CA2575C5002872A9/$File/1124_MSAC_Assessment_Report.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 January 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Public Summary</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - Cryotherapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer and Renal Cancer - Public Summary Document Part A (PDF 42 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/2AD0E9BD12315EB9CA2575C5002872A9/$File/1124_MSAC_PSD_Part_A.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 January 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Public Summary</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - Cryotherapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer and Renal Cancer - Public Summary Document Part B (PDF 42 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/2AD0E9BD12315EB9CA2575C5002872A9/$File/1124_MSAC_PSD_Part_B.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 January 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One Page Summary</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - Cryotherapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer and Renal Cancer - One Page Summary (PDF 53 KB
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/2AD0E9BD12315EB9CA2575C5002872A9/$File/1122%20_MSAC_one_page_summary.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 January 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Eligible Assessment </title>
<description>Application 1140 - Matrix-induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (MACI) and Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/app1140-1</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 January 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Review </title>
<description>27.1 - Review of MSAC Reference 27 - Vertebroplasty</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/27.1-1</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 January 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Review </title>
<description>1089.1 - Review of MSAC Assessment 1089 - Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/1089.1</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 January 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Review </title>
<description>1090.1 -Review of MSAC Assessment 1090 - Artificial Intervertebral Disc Replacement</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/1090.1</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 January 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessment Report</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - Automation-Assisted and Liquid-Based Cytology for Cervical Cancer Screening - Assessment Report (PDF 2097 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/2AD0E9BD12315EB9CA2575C5002872A9/$File/1122_MSAC_Assessment_Report.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 October2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Public Summary</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - Automation-Assisted and Liquid-Based Cytology for Cervical Cancer Screening - Public Summary Document (PDF 39 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/2AD0E9BD12315EB9CA2575C5002872A9/$File/1122_MSAC_PSD.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 October2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessment Report</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - Human Papillomavirus Triage Test for Women with Possible or Definite Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions - Assessment Report (PDF 2132 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/8FD1D98FE64C8A2FCA2575AD0082FD8F/$File/39_MSAC_Assessment_Report.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 October2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<title>New Public Summary</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - Human Papillomavirus Triage Test for Women with Possible or Definite Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions - Public Summary Document (PDF 99 KB) 
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/8FD1D98FE64C8A2FCA2575AD0082FD8F/$File/39_MSAC_PSD.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 October2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessment Report</title>
<description>PDF Printable Version - Computer Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty (CATKA) - Assessment Report  - June 2009  (PDF 1305 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/2AD0E9BD12315EB9CA2575C5002872A9/$File/1123%20Final%20Report.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 September 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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<title>New Public Summary</title>
<description>PDF Printable Version - Computer Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty (CATKA) - Public Summary includes MSAC advice noted by the Minister - June 2009  (PDF 1305 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/2AD0E9BD12315EB9CA2575C5002872A9/$File/1123%20PSD%20with%20weblink.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 September 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessment Report</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - Doppler Cardiac Output Measurement Without Imaging - Assessment report - June 2009  (PDF 1103 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/115CC907F00447B3CA2575AD0082FD6C/$File/1117%20Final%20Report.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 September 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Public Summary</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - Doppler Cardiac Output Measurement Without Imaging -  Public Summary includes MSAC advice noted by the Minister - June 2009  (PDF 1103 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/115CC907F00447B3CA2575AD0082FD6C/$File/1117%20PSD%20with%20weblink.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 September 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Eligible Assessment </title>
<description>Application 1139 - Measurement and Determination of Procalcitonin (PCT)</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/1139</link>
<pubDate>Tues, 30 June 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Reports Available</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - 35bii - PET for Head and Neck Cancer - Assessment report - February 2009 (PDF 641 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/6F9DDBA8654BEA79CA2571C50008EE2D/$File/RPT%202009-03-12%20NFC%20PCT%20final.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Tues, 2 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Reports Available</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - 1114 - Urinary metabolic profile - Assessment report - November 2008 (PDF 1800 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/6F9DDBA8654BEA79CA2571C50008EE2D/$File/RPT%202009-03-12%20NFC%20PCT%20final.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Tues, 2 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Reports Available</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - 1115 - Sacral nerve stimulation for urinary indications - Full Report - February 2009 (PDF 784 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/6F9DDBA8654BEA79CA2571C50008EE2D/$File/RPT%202009-03-12%20NFC%20PCT%20final.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Tues, 2 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Reports Available</title>
<description>PDF Printable version - 1116 - Optical Coherence Tomography 
PDF Printable version - Optical Coherence Tomography - Assessment report - November 2008 (PDF 823 KB) 
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/6F9DDBA8654BEA79CA2571C50008EE2D/$File/RPT%202009-03-12%20NFC%20PCT%20final.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Tues, 2 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nationally Funded Centres</title>
<description>Report in PDF Printable version - Paediatric Heart Transplantation - Review Report - November 2008 (PDF 584 KB)
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/6F9DDBA8654BEA79CA2571C50008EE2D/$File/RPT%202009-03-12%20NFC%20PCT%20final.pdf</link>
<pubDate>Tues, 24 March 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessments received for consideration</title>
<description>Application 1136 - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) of Soluble Mesothelin Related Peptides (SMRP) in human serum</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/new-applications-lp-1</link>
<pubDate>Tues, 24 March 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessments received for consideration</title>
<description>Application 1137 - Middle ear implant for sensorineural, conductive and mixed hearing losses</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/new-applications-lp-1</link>
<pubDate>Tues, 24 March 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessments received for consideration</title>
<description>Application 1138 - Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) using y90 Microspheres to include patients with any inoperable non- abatable tumour of the liver 
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/new-applications-lp-1</link>
<pubDate>Tues, 24 March 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Final Assessment reports</title>
<description>1118 - Vagus nerve stimulation for Epilepsy - Summary</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/MSAC%20Completed%20Assessments%201101%20-</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Final Assessment reports</title>
<description>1110 - MRI for staging of rectal carcinoma</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/MSAC%20Completed%20Assessments%201101%20-</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Final Assessment reports</title>
<description>1111 - Remote Monitoring Systems for Patients with Implanted Cardiac Devices</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/MSAC%20Completed%20Assessments%201101%20-</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Final Assessment reports</title>
<description>1118 - Vagus nerve stimulation for Epilepsy - Full Report</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/MSAC%20Completed%20Assessments%201101%20-</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Final References reports</title>
<description>Application 35bi - PET for Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/Completed%20Assessments%20%20References%201%20-%2040</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessments received for consideration </title>
<description>Application 1132 - Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) - On hold until the assessment for OCT Application 1116/Ref 40 is completed. </description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/new-applications-lp-1</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessments received for consideration </title>
<description>Application 1133 - Diagnostic Testing for Glaucoma (GDx) - On hold until the assessment for OCT Application 1116/Ref 40 is completed. </description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/new-applications-lp-1</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessments received for consideration </title>
<description>Application 1134 - The injection of poly-L-lactic acid (sculptra) for the treatment of facial lipoatrophy caused by antioretroviral therapy in HIV positive patients </description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/new-applications-lp-1</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessments received for consideration </title>
<description>1135 - Botox  treatment  for focal spasticity in Juvenile  Cerebral Palsey</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/new-applications-lp-1</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessments received for consideration </title>
<description>Application 1129 - Perflutren Lipid Microsphere Injectable Ultrasound Contrast Agent for use in Patients with Suboptimal Echocardiograms (DEFINITY) </description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/app1129-1</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Assessments received for consideration </title>
<description>Application 1131 - Assessment of  Liver Iron by MRI data Analysis</description>
<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/app1131-1</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Details have been added regarding Ministerial noting of advice for Assessments 1109, 1110, 1111, 1118 and reference 35b
the final reports are now awaiting editing</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/home-1</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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