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Positives on the horizon for lung cancer

Australia’s lung cancer statistics read like bad news but, thankfully, they are only half of the story. Despite being the fifth most common cancer (behind prostate, breast, melanoma and bowel cancer in that order), lung cancer remains Australia’s No.1 cause of cancer deaths. Another 8,664...

November 25, 2022

Peter Mac scientists shine in Canberra

It was a glittering affair in Canberra this week as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese presented two of Peter Mac’s senior researchers with honours for their contributions to science and medicine. Professors Sherene Loi and Mark Dawson attended the ceremony in the nation’s capital on Tuesday night to...

November 23, 2022

A new Professional Practice Model for nurses

Peter Mac Clinical Nurse Educator Trevor Saunders shares his nursing story and explains the new Nursing Professional Practice Model he was instrumental in developing.

November 23, 2022

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Wellbeing Centre Holiday Hours 2022

November 29, 2022

During the Christmas/New Year break, the Wellbeing Centre will be closed on all public holidays, with reduced hours on other days as follows: Thursday 15th December - closing 1pm Friday 23rd December - OPEN (9am - 1pm) Monday 26th December - CLOSED Tuesday 27th December - CLOSED Wednesday 28th...

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Scientists get a window on the patient experience

November 22, 2022

“Scientists in the Clinic” has returned at Peter Mac after a COVID hiatus. For the remainder of the month, ten scientists will be embedded in clinical and other front-line hospital roles.

Sheba Medical Centre’s Director General Professor Yitshak Kreissour tours Peter Mac.

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Peter Mac clinical trial to expand to Israel’s Sheba Medical Centre

November 18, 2022

A Peter Mac clinical trial will expand internationally to include patients in Israel and the Middle East, in a sign of Peter Mac’s growing relationship with Sheba Medical Centre in Tel Aviv.

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Meet Peter Mac's art therapist Tilly Dawson

November 18, 2022

Art therapist Matilda (Tilly) Dawson is passionate about helping patients connect with their creativity. Having worked in oncology at the Royal Children’s Hospital since 2017, Tilly now divides her time between the two hospitals. Tilly utilises her Masters of Art Therapy and psycho-oncology...

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Peter Mac leads new treatment for inoperable kidney cancer

November 17, 2022

A treatment pioneered at Peter Mac is emerging as the new standard of care for patients with inoperable kidney cancers. It involves a highly precise form of radiotherapy, and overturns previously held views that radiotherapy was not effective against kidney cancer. Peter Mac’s Associate Professor...

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Associate Professor Paul Beavis receives Cancer Council Victoria Venture Grant to develop CAR T-cell therapy for solid tumours

November 17, 2022

Associate Professor Paul Beavis, fundamental cancer researcher and immunologist at Peter Mac, has received a grant from the Cancer Council Victoria to look at ways to enhance the efficacy of a form of immune based cancer treatment known as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. CAR T-cell...

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New international partnership to accelerate search for cancer cures

November 15, 2022

Cancer patients in Australia and the United States will benefit from a new research-focused collaboration between the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the institutions will explore potential areas of collaboration...

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