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Have your say: Optimising the Cancer Nutrition Path

February 20, 2019
You’re invited to share your experience of nutrition care during your (or the person you care/cared for) cancer journey to help inform the development of a cancer nutrition care pathway.
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Precision radiotherapy delivers survival gains in inoperable lung cancer

February 13, 2019
A new and highly-precise radiotherapy technique has been shown to produce greater survival rates in patients with inoperable lung cancer compared to conventional radiotherapy.
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TILs can indicate immune system is alert to cancer and treatment outcome

January 30, 2019
The number of Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) detected in a patient’s early-stage breast cancer can indicate how well they will respond to treatment, new analysis has confirmed.
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Lunar New Year celebrations at Peter Mac

January 30, 2019
Starting today we have a range of activities in our Wellbeing Centre for Lunar New Year. Come and celebrate with us.
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Digital Oncology Mini Forum (1 March)

January 14, 2019
It's the 2nd digital oncology mini forum coming up on 1 March. If you provide clinical cancer care or support, are a regional health service or want to partner with them, please join us!
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Clinical Placement Program in Cancer Survivorship for GPs

January 11, 2019
Peter Mac is a partner in the Clinical Placement Program in Cancer Survivorship which is delivering GPs with extra skills to better care for their patients who have been through cancer treatment.
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Year in review: 2018 at Peter Mac

December 28, 2018
It's been another exciting year full of world leading cancer research and care at Peter Mac. Take a look back at some of the highlights of 2018.
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World first: 3D bio-printer installed at Peter Mac to accelerate cancer research

December 19, 2018
Peter Mac today installed the first model of an Australian-designed 3D bio-printer, which promises to dramatically accelerate research into potential new cancer drugs.
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CAR-T Therapy approved by TGA for two aggressive blood cancers

December 19, 2018
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre welcomes the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) announcement that Novartis Kymriah® (tisagenlecleucel, formerly CTL019) 
has been approved for treating two aggressive blood cancers.
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Peter Mac researchers present 40 papers at the prestigious American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference

December 14, 2018
Professors John Seymour, Mark Dawson and Sarah-Jane Dawson, and Dr Piers Blombery, spoke as presenting authors at the ASH annual scientific meeting in San Diego recently. Attendees learned the latest about their discoveries and successful clinical trials at Peter Mac. These presentations were among a total of 40 papers delivered with Haematology staff as contributing authors, including 16 oral presentations.
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