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Allergy testing restores patient access to first-line antibiotics

June 18, 2018
Incorrect antibiotic allergy labels pose a significant public health issue and more needs to be done to ensure Australia’s most vulnerable patients are not incorrectly diverted to second-line drugs. In a perspective article published in the Medical Journal of Australia today, Dr Jason Trubiano says incorrect antibiotic allergy labels frequently prevent the use of appropriate narrow spectrum penicillin and targeted antibiotic therapies and often it is the sickest patients who suffer.
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New immunotherapy drug trial delivers promising results for previously incurable skin cancers

June 5, 2018
Previously incurable skin cancers have responded to the new anti-PD1 therapy drug in almost fifty per cent of patients on a Peter Mac clinical trial.
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Peter Mac’s Samuel Symons wins Victorian volunteer award

May 31, 2018
We are extremely proud to announce that Peter Mac volunteer and patient Samuel Symons has been awarded by the Victorian Government for his work advocating for people living with cancer.
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New Peter Mac online tool to help women reduce breast cancer risk

May 25, 2018
iPrevent is a new, web-based tool to help Australian women understand their personal breast cancer risk and act on it.
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Collateral damage caused by killer immune cells - a new tool to fight cancer

May 22, 2018
Peter Mac scientists who were investigating how tumours evade the immune system have identified a potent and previously underappreciated way that cancer cells are destroyed, involving Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF).
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Peter Mac scientists elected Fellows of Australian Academy of Science

May 22, 2018
Congratulations to Professor Joe Trapani and Professor David Bowtell who have been elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science for 2018.
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Get your free cancer information guide

May 18, 2018
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Meet Nurse Unit Manager Nadine Borschmann - IND18

May 14, 2018
Nadine Borschmann is a Nurse Unit Manager on Ward 5A, the inpatient haematology and breast oncology ward at Peter Mac.
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Run from dawn til dusk - Chief Nurse Jac Mathieson's ultramarathon in WA

May 11, 2018
Peter Mac’s Chief Nurse Jac Mathieson uses exercise and running as a way to “meditate” and switch-off from the stresses of helping run a busy cancer centre. She took her running to a whole new level recently, completing her first 80km ultramarathon on the beautiful Cape to Cape coastline in South West WA.
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Peter Mac to the Kokoda track - patient Jess Van Zeil's story

May 11, 2018
Two years ago, Peter Mac patient Jess Van Zeil was learning to walk again after surgery to remove a brain tumour. Now she’s in training to tackle one of the world’s most challenging hikes, the Kokoda Track.
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