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Falling into a daydream: new art in Peter Mac’s youth ward

June 22, 2018

The walls of Peter Mac’s youth day ward and inpatient rooms have been transformed into a magical, whimsical world by acclaimed Australian artist Ghostpatrol.

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Giving more patients access to information in their own language

June 22, 2018

The Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre - A Richard Pratt legacy (ACSC) at Peter Mac has launched a raft of new language resources for cancer survivors who don’t speak English as a first language.

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Los Angeles to Peter Mac: scientist Jess Beach's story

June 18, 2018

Post-doctoral researcher Jess Beach, who specialises in ovarian cancer, moved across the globe to work with Peter Mac’s Professor David Bowtell. She has just started her first clinical trial in ovarian cancer: Targeting the C1 Subtype of High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer (BEACON).

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Allergy testing restores patient access to first-line antibiotics

June 18, 2018

Incorrect antibiotic allergy labels pose a significant public health issue and more needs to be done to ensure Australia’s most vulnerable patients are not incorrectly diverted to second-line drugs. In a perspective article published in the Medical Journal of Australia today, Dr Jason Trubiano says incorrect antibiotic allergy labels frequently prevent the use of appropriate narrow spectrum penicillin and targeted antibiotic therapies and often it is the sickest patients who suffer.

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New immunotherapy drug trial delivers promising results for previously incurable skin cancers

June 5, 2018

Previously incurable skin cancers have responded to the new anti-PD1 therapy drug in almost fifty per cent of patients on a Peter Mac clinical trial.

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Peter Mac’s Samuel Symons wins Victorian volunteer award

May 31, 2018

We are extremely proud to announce that Peter Mac volunteer and patient Samuel Symons has been awarded by the Victorian Government for his work advocating for people living with cancer.

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New Peter Mac online tool to help women reduce breast cancer risk

May 25, 2018

iPrevent is a new, web-based tool to help Australian women understand their personal breast cancer risk and act on it.

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Collateral damage caused by killer immune cells - a new tool to fight cancer

May 22, 2018

Peter Mac scientists who were investigating how tumours evade the immune system have identified a potent and previously underappreciated way that cancer cells are destroyed, involving Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF).