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New research to benefit patients with hard-to-treat Cancer of Unknown Primary  

June 24, 2020
The effort to improve diagnosis and treatment for patients with Cancer of the Unknown Primary (CUP) has received a $2.4 million boost from the Medical Research Future Fund.
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MRFF supports stem cell therapy research

June 24, 2020
Peter Mac researchers have been supported by the federal government’s MRFF Stem Cell Therapies Mission to investigate new stem cell-based therapies for diseases including leukemia and vision loss through macular degeneration.
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Peter Mac professor to head world-leading U.S cancer survivorship committee

June 23, 2020
Professor Michael Jefford, Director of the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre (ACSC) based at Peter Mac, will soon take the helm of the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Cancer Survivorship Committee.
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Colebatch Fellowship for A Prof Shankar Siva

June 22, 2020
Peter Mac Radiation Oncologist, Associate Professor Shankar Siva, has been awarded the prestigious Colebatch Clinical Research Fellowship by Cancer Council Victoria.
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World-leading cancer clinical trials get federal support

June 11, 2020
Two clinical trials aimed at improving survival of people with melanoma and endometrial cancer, led by Peter Mac's A/Prof Shahneen Sandhu and Prof Linda Mileshkin, will receive support from the federal government’s Medical Research Future Fund.
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World leading prostate cancer Centre of Excellence opens at Peter Mac

June 11, 2020
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre will today officially open a world-leading Centre of Excellence to accelerate research and development of next-generation targeted treatments for prostate cancer.
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Helping cancer patients to avoid or fight COVID-19

June 2, 2020
Research underway at Peter Mac to help protect cancer patients from COVID-19 has received a $2.16 million boost from the Federal Government's Medical Research Future Fund.
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New approach to ovarian cancer treatment

May 26, 2020
Overall survival from ovarian cancer has not improved for several decades. Now, a Peter Mac-led team of scientists have discovered a new approach to tackling this disease, by raising the stress levels inside cancer cells.
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NHMRC funding to aid research into better cancer detection, prognosis and treatment

May 21, 2020
Twelve Peter Mac researchers have been awarded Investigator Grant funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to support discovery-based studies on cancer development and research into improved cancer detection and prognosis, and more precise cancer treatments.
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Boosting the power of immunotherapy for more effective cancer treatment

May 18, 2020
Activating two different types of immune cells at the same time has been shown to boost the effects of immunotherapy to find and kill cancer cells in solid tumours.
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