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Celebrating NAIDOC: Peter Mac's Aborginal Art

July 4, 2022
For NAIDOC Week 2022, join us on this immersive virtual tour of Peter Mac's Aboriginal art collection.
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Clinical research & trials

Long term benefits for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients

June 30, 2022
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) patients who are refractory or resistant to treatment can be encouraged by data showing significantly longer survival without disease progression with a treatment combining venetoclax and rituximab compared to treatment with bendamustine plus rituximab.
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Research

Blood cancer research to advance with two prestigious grants awarded to Peter Mac

June 30, 2022
Peter Mac's Associate Professor Jane Oliaro and Professor Ricky Johnstone have been awarded funding for two different blood cancer research projects.
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Grayson’s legacy

June 30, 2022
Family's loss yields new understanding of rare genetic disorder
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Smarter scans help blood cancer patients

June 29, 2022
A Peter Mac-led clinical trial has found combination PET/CT scans are better at investigating the causes of prolonged fever in blood cancer patients than conventional CT scans.
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Associate Professor Alison Trainer talks to a patient at the Parkville Familial Cancer Centre.
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New virtual clinical platform to enhance clinical genetic services

June 24, 2022
An AI-powered, virtual platform is being developed to improve care for patients living with genetic disorders, as part of a Digital Health CRC project led by Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Swinburne University of Technology.
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Peter Mac recommends Evusheld to help protect vulnerable patients from COVID-19

June 23, 2022
Evusheld is an extra COVID-19 medication that provides added protection for vulnerable patients. Peter Mac is recommending this medication for patients with blood cancer, or cancer patients who are immunosuppressed.
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Peter Mac on The Project: Kate's story

June 21, 2022
See the story of our patient Kate who, when five-months pregnant, needed emergency bowel cancer surgery.
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Trial to test if tablet can prevent abdominal cancer in at risk women

June 20, 2022
Some women who undergo preventative surgery to avoid reproductive cancers go on to develop incurable abdominal cancer. A clinical trial, involving Peter Mac, is testing a way to possibly prevent this.
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Congratulations to our new Professor Le

June 16, 2022
Brian Le has been appointed to the position of Honorary Clinical Professor in both the Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology and the Department of Medicine – Royal Melbourne Hospital at the University of Melbourne.
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