News

Dr Steven David
General newsClinical research & trials

Peter Mac partners to provide intra-operative radiation therapy via international trial

May 11, 2017
Peter Mac and Monash Health are working together as part of an international trial to provide single-dose radiation therapy to woman at the same time they undergo surgery for breast cancer. The trial of intra-operative radiation therapy (IORT) allows women to receive their required radiation dose in less than ten minutes, in a procedure that occurs during surgery to remove their tumour.
Read more
Professor Mark Dawson
General newsResearch

International Research Scholarship for Prof Mark Dawson

May 10, 2017
Peter Mac's Professor Mark Dawson has been selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Research Scholar. The scholarship recognises Prof Dawson as a leading early-career scientist working outside of the G7 group of countries.
Read more
Peter Mac Cup 2017
Media releasesPatient & carer stories

Peter Mac Cup kicking goals for cancer research, awareness for 25 years

May 3, 2017
This weekend two of the AFL’s greatest rivals, Carlton and Collingwood, will face off at the MCG for the Peter Mac Cup - the league’s longest running charity match now in its 25th year.
Read more
Mark and Sarah Jane Dawson Liquid biopsy
General newsMedia releasesResearch

World-first liquid biopsy for blood cancers promises less invasive, more precise and effective treatments

March 17, 2017
12,000+ Australians diagnosed with blood cancers each year could soon have access to a simple blood test to monitor their disease thanks to a world-first ‘liquid biopsy’ developed at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
Read more
Dr Vihandha Wickramasinghe veski innovation fellowship
General newsMedia releasesResearch

veski backs researcher leading entirely new field in the fight against cancer

March 6, 2017
Dr Vihandha Wickramasinghe’s paradigm-shifting research focuses on understanding the fundamental biology of gene expression and how it is altered in the development of cancer cells. The goal is to find new ways to intervene when normal quality control processes within the cell go awry.
Read more
Media releasesResearch

Combination of ground-breaking treatments offer powerful new path for blood cancer therapies

February 28, 2017
Researchers at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Monash University and have identified for the first time how a new class of epigenetic drug engages with the immune system to kill off cancer cells, offering powerful new pathways for enhanced blood cancer therapies.
Read more
Peter Mac joins Bristol Myers Squibb’s International Immuno-Oncology Network (II-ON)
General newsMedia releasesResearchClinical research & trials

Peter Mac joins global collaboration for immune-based cancer treatments

February 28, 2017
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre will join Bristol Myers Squibb’s International Immuno-Oncology Network (II-ON) – a peer-to-peer network that aims to accelerate the advancement of cancer immunotherapies, the emerging “fourth pillar” of cancer treatment.
Read more
WEBSITE NEWS_Joe Trapani_VCA Grants
General newsMedia releasesResearch

VCA grants investing in better cancer treatments for our community

February 17, 2017
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre welcomes the latest round of Victorian Cancer Agency (VCA) grants which included a further $5.2million for our research and clinical trials into areas of great community need such as Advanced Melanoma, Prostate Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer; and Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.
Read more
Immune System Defence
General newsMedia releasesResearch

Immune system defence force captured in action on 
microscopic CCTV

February 7, 2017
An international scientific collaboration involving Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University College London, Birkbeck College (London) and Monash University has visualised in microscopic detail how the natural defence force within our immune system attacks and destroys harmful invaders such as virus-infected and cancerous cells.
Read more
Immunotherapy funding grants
General newsMedia releasesResearch

Super-charging the immune system to fight cancer - $13.2m NHMRC grant announced to boost Peter Mac research

February 4, 2017
Researchers at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne and Monash University have been awarded a prestigious $13.2m National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Program Grant to continue ground-breaking research in cancer immunology – which is fast becoming the “fourth pillar” in cancer treatment.
Read more