Tish Lancaster Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting 2017

Tish Lancaster

Tish Lancaster has worked as a cancer nurse for more than 30 years in both clinical and management positions. She is currently the Clinical Nurse Consultant for Gynaecological Oncology at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, a position she has held for more than 20 years. She is a member of the Westmead Hospital Clinical Board and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care, the National Executive Committee of the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia and the Gynaecological Cancer Advisory Group of Cancer Australia. Tish is the Co-Editor of the Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing and a member of the Editorial Board of Cancer Forum. In 2005, as co-editor, she published the textbook ‘Gynaecological Cancer Care: A Guide to Practice’. She has authored several book chapters, published in peer-reviewed journals and been a reviewer for national and international journals. For many years she has been a presenter, abstract reviewer and a member of the scientific planning committees for national and international conferences. Tish was the 2012 Westmead Hospital Nurse of the Year and in 2013 was conferred Honorary Life Membership of the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.