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Endometrial Cancer Study participants needed

January 20, 2020
EmQuest - Identifying factors which predict for health-related quality of life deficits and increased symptom burden in women who have been treated for endometrial cancer.
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Speakers announced for GAP 2020

December 19, 2019
Dear Colleagues, Today we are excited to announce 16 speakers who will form part of the GAP 2020 conference program. With the final program to be announced in the New Year. Joining us from America and MD Anderson Cancer Centre: Patrick Hwu, MD Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, MD Kathleen M. Schmeler, MD...
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Professor Mark Dawson
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Scientists find way to target stem cells that drive aggressive blood cancer

December 12, 2019
Peter Mac scientists have found a way to target acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) at its source - a discovery that could yield a more effective treatment for this aggressive and often incurable blood cancer.
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Professor Sherene Loi
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Peter Mac researchers among the world’s most highly cited

December 12, 2019
Prof Sherene Loi, Prof Grant McArthur and Prof Ben Solomon have been included in the worldwide annual Web Of Science Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list.
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Professor Kelly-Anne Phillips
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Helping women to understand their personal risk of breast cancer

December 11, 2019
A study has confirmed the accuracy of iPrevent, an online tool developed at Peter Mac to help women understand and reduce their risk of breast cancer. The study of almost 16,000 women, published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum, found iPrevent gave accurate predictions of their breast cancer risk over a ten-year period.
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Peter Mac doubles national success rate for NHMRC funding

December 10, 2019
Peter Mac researchers have been awarded over $10 million dollars in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council to undertake world-leading cancer research.
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ARC grant success for Peter Mac researchers

December 9, 2019
Prof Ben Hogan and Dr Andrew Cox have been awarded prestigious Discovery Project grants from the Australian Research Council
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Supercharging cellular immune therapies to combat solid tumours

December 6, 2019
Cellular immune therapies are revolutionising cancer treatment and have been especially effective at combating blood cancers; now a team at Peter Mac and Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI), led by Professor Tony Tiganis, may have found a way to extend this therapy to the treatment of solid tumours.
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Length of Service Awards 2019

December 5, 2019
More than 130 employees with a combined service of over 2,000 years have been celebrated at the Peter Mac Length of Service Awards 2019.
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How killer immune cells avoid self-destruction

November 28, 2019
Specialised immune cells, capable of killing off infections and cancers, can escape their own destructive properties through the action of a protective outer shield, researchers from Peter Mac and the University College London have discovered.
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