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2020 Peter Mac Foundation Cancer Research PhD Scholarship

October 4, 2018
Call for applications for the 2020 Rosie Lew Peter Mac Foundation Postgraduate Award for a PhD in cancer research at Peter Mac in 2020.
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Unified system now supports radiotherapy across all Peter Mac campuses

October 3, 2018
Patients will benefit from a unified computer system which supports delivery of cutting-edge radiotherapy services across Peter Mac’s five Victorian campuses.
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Medical Radiations Open days at Peter Mac

October 2, 2018
Peter Mac has just wrapped up another successful year of careers evenings and days for radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, diagnostic imaging and medical physics.
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From left, A Professor Paul Neeson, Prof Rod Hicks, Dr Shahneen Sandhu, Dr Richard Tothill and Dr Margaret Chua.
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Trial to test if radiation can boost immunotherapy in Merkel Cell Carcinoma

September 19, 2018
An Australia and New Zealand Melanoma Trials Group (ANZMTG) clinical trial led by Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre investigators that aims to develop a novel treatment combination for a rare neuroendocrine cancer has received $AU1.8m funding from the Medical Research Future Fund.
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Peter Mac signs MoU with ACT Government and ANU

September 17, 2018
Peter Mac has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the ACT Government and Australian National University (ANU) to expand access to clinical trials and genomics services for ACT cancer patients.
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PROFESSOR JOE TRAPANI TO LEAD NEW CENTRE FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY RESEARCH

September 3, 2018
Peter Mac’s Professor Joe Trapani, has been appointed head of a major new laboratory focused on immunotherapy. Prof Trapani is Director of the new Centre for Cancer Immunotherapy, which is a partnership between Peter Mac, the VCCC and University of Melbourne and is scheduled to open later this year.
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Wear it Purple Day: ‘We see you and you’re safe here’

August 31, 2018
Peter Mac is getting behind Wear it Purple Day to show young LGBTI people that they’re heard and supported when they walk through our doors.
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Prestigious funding awarded to Peter Mac researchers

August 28, 2018
Two Peter Mac researchers have been awarded prominent fellowships from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
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Chancellor’s prize for Peter Mac PhD thesis

August 21, 2018
A PhD thesis by Peter Mac’s Dr Benjamin Teh has received the 2018 Chancellor’s prize from the University of Melbourne.
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Virtual Reality helping kids to better prepare for their radiotherapy

August 17, 2018
Young patients are using Virtual Reality goggles to experience what radiotherapy is like before they come to Peter Mac for treatment, as part of a ground-breaking trial funded by the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation.
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