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Drug hope for cancer - Cells starved, survival time doubled

December 9, 2015
MELBOURNE researchers have doubled survival times for advanced blood cancer in pre-clinical models through a combination of medications that shut down the “construction workers” of the cells.
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Pioneering the next phase in targeted therapies for thousands of Australians with advanced blood cancers

December 9, 2015
Researchers at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre are pioneering the development of a new combination drug therapy to treat advanced blood cancers which has doubled survival times in pre-clinical laboratory models.
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Melbourne scientist discovers breakthrough cancer treatment

November 5, 2015
A SIMPLE blood test could give immediate feedback on the success of cancer treatments — and detect relapses in “cured” patients — thanks to a world-first breakthrough by a Melbourne scientist.
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Epigenetics Mark Dawson
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Double discovery boosts global quest for leukaemia cures

September 15, 2015
Researchers at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have discovered how a form of leukaemia fights back against a ground-breaking treatment, providing vital new leads on how to outwit the deadly disease.
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New drug blocks tumour growth and supports chemotherapy in advanced oesophageal cancer

September 11, 2015
Researchers from Melbourne’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have discovered a new drug which stops tumour growth and strengthens the power of chemotherapy in laboratory models of advanced oesophageal cancer, paving the way for clinical trials for people with this serious form of cancer.
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Landmark global study provides new evidence of lymph node radiation benefit in long-term breast cancer control

July 24, 2015
A landmark clinical trial led by radiation oncologists in Australia, Canada and the United States has shown that radiation treatment of the lymph nodes in addition to the breast after breast cancer surgery can prolong the time women remain cancer-free.
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Cancer research breakthrough hailed as biggest in 50 years

June 18, 2015
It's been hailed as the biggest breakthrough in 50 years, and could significantly improve the lives of thousands of patients suffering head and neck cancer.
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Co-first authors on the study Dr Dale Garsed (left), Dr Elizabeth Christie (centre) and Dr Dariush Etemadmoghadam (right) in the Molecular Genomics facility at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in East Melbourne.
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Landmark international research effort reveals how deadly ovarian cancer outsmarts chemotherapy

May 28, 2015
The largest complete DNA analysis of ovarian cancer in the world, published overnight in Nature, has revealed unprecedented new insight into the genetic twists and turns a deadly form of the disease takes to outsmart chemotherapy, potentially changing treatment approaches for women around the world.
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Dr Kara Britt, breast cancer researcher shares her story

May 14, 2015
Dr Kara Britt decided to become a breast cancer researcher because of her mum who was diagnosed with breast cancer when Kara was 21.
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Associate Professor Prue Francis honoured for internationally practice-changing breast cancer clinical research

May 8, 2015
Associate Professor Prue Francis from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre has received the Medical Oncology Group of Australia’s prestigious Cancer Achievement Award for 2015, acknowledging her international leadership of practice-changing clinical trials in breast cancer.
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