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Medical specialists “put in the room” with augmented reality

September 15, 2021
Peter Mac medical specialists are piloting augmented reality technology to navigate distance and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Peter Mac awarded $6.3 million in NHMRC funding to support our top researchers

September 15, 2021
Peter Mac has received more than $6.3 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council's Investigator Grant scheme to support our highest-performing researchers.
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Peter Mac's Palliative Care Ward 1A marks one year

September 14, 2021
This week marks one year since Parkville’s Ward 1A opened its doors, as part of the Parkville Integrated Palliative Care Service.
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Peter Mac wins IASLC Cancer Care Team Award

September 9, 2021
Peter Mac's Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Team has been awarded the IASLC Cancer Care Team Award
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SWAN HILL GETS FIRST EVER CANCER CLINICAL TRIAL

September 8, 2021
A Peter Mac clinical trial has opened in Swan Hill for the first time, showing living in regional Victoria need not be a barrier to accessing the very latest in cancer care.
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Industry support to probe fundamental questions in lung cancer

September 8, 2021
Peter Mac scientists hope to gain new insights into what drives lung cancer, and how it responds to treatment, thanks to support from Pfizer's Emerging Science Fund.
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Peter Mac researcher awarded prestigious haematology fellowship

September 2, 2021
Peter Mac Clinical Haematologist Dr Katherine Cummins is the recipient of the Gunn Family Women in Haematology Fellowship, awarded by the Snowdome Foundation and Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision.
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NASAL SPRAY COULD HELP PREVENT VIRAL INFECTIONS IN CANCER PATIENTS

September 2, 2021
Peter Mac’s C-SMART trial continues to investigate whether daily use of a medicated nasal spray could be protect cancer patients from viral respiratory infections, including COVID-19.
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MECHANISM OF CANCER-INDUCED WASTING IDENTIFIED IN FLIES

September 2, 2021
Fruit flies are allowing researchers to gain new insights into cachexia, a muscle-wasting condition responsible for up to one-third of cancer-related deaths.
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Research Survey: Cancer & Exercise

September 1, 2021
Peter Mac is researching ways to help more people learn about the importance of exercise as part of their cancer care.
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