Peter Mac is one of the few public hospitals in Australia to offer robotic-assisted surgery. You can see this cutting-edge medical technology in action when Peter Mac appears in “Keeping Australia Alive”, a documentary series focussed on Australia’s healthcare system.
A global clinical trial has shown a new treatment controls advanced lung cancer for twice as long as currently available chemotherapy, changing clinical practice for people with a genetic subset of the disease who have newly diagnosed lung cancer.
A REVOLUTIONARY vaccine that could cancer-proof patients after they finish their regular oncology treatment will be trialled in Melbourne from next year.
In a world-first clinical trial, Melbourne medical researchers have shown that patients with an advanced form of leukaemia can achieve complete remission with a novel tablet treatment.
MELBOURNE researchers have doubled survival times for advanced blood cancer in pre-clinical models through a combination of medications that shut down the “construction workers” of the cells.
Researchers at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre are pioneering the development of a new combination drug therapy to treat advanced blood cancers which has doubled survival times in pre-clinical laboratory models.
A SIMPLE blood test could give immediate feedback on the success of cancer treatments — and detect relapses in “cured” patients — thanks to a world-first breakthrough by a Melbourne scientist.
Researchers at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have discovered how a form of leukaemia fights back against a ground-breaking treatment, providing vital new leads on how to outwit the deadly disease.
Researchers from Melbourne’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have discovered a new drug which stops tumour growth and strengthens the power of chemotherapy in laboratory models of advanced oesophageal cancer, paving the way for clinical trials for people with this serious form of cancer.