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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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Scientists shine light on how organ size is controlled

May 11, 2018
Melbourne scientists have for the first time filmed the process which determines how big our organs grow, yielding new insights into the “Hippo pathway”. A better understanding of this long-preserved mechanism – which has changed little through time and is seen across species – may help to develop new therapeutics for the treatment of cancer.
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Meet nurse Charlie Encallado - IND18

May 10, 2018
Peter Mac nurse Charlie Encallado, works in Ward 5A, Peter Mac's haematology and breast unit. Peter Mac is Charlie's first nursing job in Australia after moving over from the Phillipines where she also worked as an oncology nurse.
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Meet nurse Phoebe Linton - IND18

May 10, 2018
Phoebe Linton is a theatre nurse at Peter Mac. She completed her grad year in 2017 in Ward 3A before moving into theatre.
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Meet nurse Henry Clark - IND18

May 10, 2018
Nurse Henry Clark is part of Peter Mac's Graduate Nurse Program 2018 and is currently working in Day Therapy.
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Meet nurse Ingrid Plueckhahn - IND18

May 10, 2018
Ingrid Plueckhahn is a senior nurse at Peter Mac leading the Tobacco Treatment and Smoking Cessation Program and is a member of the Access Team.
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Meet nurse Cass Woodcock – IND18

May 10, 2018
Cass Woodcock is part of Peter Mac’s Graduate Nurse Program 2018. She works in the theatre nursing team and is currently in Recovery.
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Meet Peter Mac nurse Diane Davey - IND18

May 10, 2018
Diane Davey has been a nurse at Peter Mac since completing her grad year with us in 2014. She is currently splitting her time between Radiotherapy and Nurse-Led Research where she is investigating different methods to reduce skin reactions following radiotherapy treatment.
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Dr Piers Blombery
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Expanded access to genomics testing for patients with common blood cancer

May 9, 2018
More Victorians newly diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) can now access fully-subsidised sophisticated genomics testing which can divert them into more effective treatments. The cost of testing 240 CLL patients - newly diagnosed from now until May 2019 - has been covered thanks to a generous philanthropic contribution to Peter Mac’s Molecular Haematology Laboratory.
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Shaun Jenkinson (ANSTO), AProf Anthony Lowe (PCFA), Prof Michael Hofman (Study Chair) and Marg McJannett (ANZUP) at the OPAL reactor.jpg
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Going nuclear to combat aggressive prostate cancer

May 9, 2018
A new targeted therapy which uses radioactive material sourced from Australia’s Lucas Heights nuclear reactor has produced dramatic responses in some men with aggressive prostate cancer who have failed current therapies.
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