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Top Cancer Council Victoria Fellowship for Prof Mark Dawson

October 16, 2018
Congratulations to Professor Mark Dawson who was today announced as a recipient of Cancer Council Victoria's Sir Edward Dunlop Research Fellowship. The Fellowship provides $1.55M over five years to support Prof Dawson's pioneering research into epigenetic regulators, unlocking their potential to support new cancer treatments.
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Peter Mac Launches an Extended Recovery Unit Trial 

October 12, 2018
An innovative new model of heightened care for patients, who are identified as being at medium risk of post-operative complications, is underway at Peter Mac.
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Peter Mac oncologist elected as Fellow of AAHMS

October 12, 2018
Congratulations to Peter Mac medical oncologist Professor Kelly-Anne Phillips who has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).
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Peter Mac awarded Premier’s Large Health Service Of The Year Award

October 12, 2018
Peter Mac was honoured with the Premier’s ‘large health service of the year’ award at a gala event last night.
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2020 Peter Mac Foundation Cancer Research PhD Scholarship

October 4, 2018
Call for applications for the 2020 Rosie Lew Peter Mac Foundation Postgraduate Award for a PhD in cancer research at Peter Mac in 2020.
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Unified system now supports radiotherapy across all Peter Mac campuses

October 3, 2018
Patients will benefit from a unified computer system which supports delivery of cutting-edge radiotherapy services across Peter Mac’s five Victorian campuses.
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Medical Radiations Open days at Peter Mac

October 2, 2018
Peter Mac has just wrapped up another successful year of careers evenings and days for radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, diagnostic imaging and medical physics.
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From left, A Professor Paul Neeson, Prof Rod Hicks, Dr Shahneen Sandhu, Dr Richard Tothill and Dr Margaret Chua.
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Trial to test if radiation can boost immunotherapy in Merkel Cell Carcinoma

September 19, 2018
An Australia and New Zealand Melanoma Trials Group (ANZMTG) clinical trial led by Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre investigators that aims to develop a novel treatment combination for a rare neuroendocrine cancer has received $AU1.8m funding from the Medical Research Future Fund.
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Peter Mac signs MoU with ACT Government and ANU

September 17, 2018
Peter Mac has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the ACT Government and Australian National University (ANU) to expand access to clinical trials and genomics services for ACT cancer patients.
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PROFESSOR JOE TRAPANI TO LEAD NEW CENTRE FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY RESEARCH

September 3, 2018
Peter Mac’s Professor Joe Trapani, has been appointed head of a major new laboratory focused on immunotherapy. Prof Trapani is Director of the new Centre for Cancer Immunotherapy, which is a partnership between Peter Mac, the VCCC and University of Melbourne and is scheduled to open later this year.
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