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BOOK NOW: GAP 2020

September 20, 2019
Peter Mac is proud to host the MD Anderson Cancer Center Global Academic Program (GAP) 2020 conference for the first time in Australia.
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Oncology Massage Service

September 17, 2019
Peter Mac patients are able to book an Oncology Massage on Wednesdays and Fridays. (Currently suspended)
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Dr Kylie Gorringe
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Rare ovarian cancer confirmed as not seeded from elsewhere

September 6, 2019
An international study led by Peter Mac has revealed the origin of mucinous ovarian cancer (MOC) confirming, unlike other types of ovarian cancer, this rare cancer is not seeded from elsewhere in the body.
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Milestone as Australia’s first T-Cell therapy manufacturing license is awarded

August 29, 2019
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre welcomes the issuing of the first license to manufacture commercial T-Cell treatments, including breakthrough CAR T-Cell therapies, within Australia. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has awarded a T-Cells GMP manufacturing licence to Cell Therapies Pty Ltd, a company which is situated at Peter Mac.
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Professor Ricky Johnstone, Executive Director of Cancer Research at Peter Mac.
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Success for Peter Mac research in latest NHMRC grant round

August 29, 2019
Groundbreaking research projects led by Peter Mac scientists and clinician researchers have attracted more than $19 million in the latest round of NHMRC grants. The funded projects include a major study of the role of vasculature in cancer progression, research into improved infection control in cancer patients, and improving the effectiveness of immunotherapies and personalised cancer treatments.
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Positive results from first-in-class, first-in-human trial of blood cancer drug

August 21, 2019
Peter Mac scientists working with the drug company Senhwa Biosciences have developed a new way to target cancer, and have demonstrated it can stall disease progression in patients who are no longer responding to conventional treatments.
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BEHIND THE SCENES: PETER MAC KITCHEN

August 15, 2019
This week Peter Mac's Food Service released a new patient menu with more variety and new freshly-baked items created by our chefs.
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Peter Mac researcher in TEDx talk

August 7, 2019
Peter Mac's Belle Lim will be a speaker in Monash University's TEDx.
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New lung cancer peer support group to empower patients and carers

August 1, 2019
On World Lung Cancer Day, Peter Mac launched a new peer support group to give patients and carers from across Victoria a safe, supportive space to share their experiences.
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Prize winners Amanda Oliver (left) and Gabrielle Haeusler (right)
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PhDs take top prizes

July 25, 2019
Peter Mac students have taken out two of Victoria’s top prizes for PhD studies.
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