South Brisbane QLD 4101
Your treatment journey in 3 steps
Your treatment journey in 3 steps
Dr Tanya Holt
Specialist Areas
Dr Tanya Holt is a senior Radiation Oncologist specialising in the management of genitourinary cancers such as prostate, bladder and testicular cancer and works within a specialist multi-disciplinary Urology team at both the Mater and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals. She also has a special interest in skin cancer and anorectal cancer.
In 2016 Dr Holt participated in the introduction of the Calypso™ Prostate Cancer Programme and subsequently in 2020 the development of the triggered imaging with automatic beam hold for prostate cancer patients as a means of managing prostate movement during prostate radiation treatment.
Dr Holt has a long history of providing holistic palliative cancer care which led her to establish the first Australian Rapid Response Palliative Radiation Clinic in 2010 and to develop a training pathway for the first Australian Advanced Practice Palliative Radiation Therapist. She specialises in managing secondary cancers with radiation treatment including advanced techniques such SBRT (stereotactic body radiation treatment).
Education
Dr Holt completed her medical degree at the University of Adelaide in 1995 and was awarded her fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (FRANZCR)- Faculty of Radiation Oncology in 2004. She did her Fellowship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 2005 before returning to Brisbane in 2006 to work in her current position.
Research & Publications
Under the umbrella of the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG), she has been the lead Australian investigator on a number of international palliative radiation trials that have been completed and results published. She is also actively involved in the recruitment of patients into current clinical prostate, bladder, and metastatic cancer trials.
Awards & Memberships
In 2001 Dr Holt was awarded the CE Eddy prize by the RANZCR for academic excellence.
Dr Holt is a member of the following organisations:
• Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG)
• Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP)
• Faculty of Radiation Oncology Genitourinary Group (FROGG) – Member Executive Committee
• American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
• European Society of Radiation Oncology (ESTRO)
• International Society of Palliative Radiation Oncology (SPRO)