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Peter Mac launches new Patient Experience Plan and Carer’s Strategy

December 15, 2022
Yesterday Peter Mac’s Prevention and Wellbeing team launched two new plans to improve the patient experience and better support carers.
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Collaboration with leading Canadian cancer centre commences with lecture from supportive and palliative care expert

December 14, 2022
Peter Mac continues to expand its global cancer network through a formal alliance partnership with one of the world’s leading cancer research centres, Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
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Peter Mac Researchers Present at Prestigious International Meeting

December 12, 2022
Experts from Peter Mac presented more than 50 pieces of research at the 64th annual American Society of Hematology conference in New Orleans over the weekend.
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Potent results from new immune treatment in patients with hard-to-treat blood cancers

December 12, 2022
A new drug is showing potent results in hard-to-treat blood cancers and was able to trigger a complete response – meaning the cancer became undetectable – for more than a third of patients.
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Surviving against all odds – what can we learn from ovarian cancer super survivors?

December 5, 2022
High-grade serous ovarian cancer is the most common type of ovarian cancer. Sadly for most people the prognosis is bleak but researchers at Peter Mac and the University of Sydney and their collaborators published data in Nature Genetics that show we can learn a lot from long-term survivors.
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Celebrating Peter Mac volunteers

December 5, 2022
On International Volunteers Day, we thank our volunteers for their many contributions.
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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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Positives on the horizon for lung cancer

November 25, 2022
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...
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Peter Mac scientists shine in Canberra

November 23, 2022
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...
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A new Professional Practice Model for nurses

November 23, 2022
Peter Mac Clinical Nurse Educator Trevor Saunders shares his nursing story and explains the new Nursing Professional Practice Model he was instrumental in developing.
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