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Making a difference
3000 patients enrolled onto the Molecular Screening and Therapeutics (MoST) program, 1000 people have enrolled in the Genetic Cancer Risk in the Young (RisC) study and 95 people have joined the Surveillance study in Multi-Organ Cancer prone syndromes (SMOC+) - great news for cancer research.
Masterclass webinar series - Demystifying the Molecular Tumour Board
Learn how members of a Molecular Tumour Board (MTB) come together to discuss and interpret tumour molecular profiles in the clinical context, recommending therapeutic strategies for the care of patients with cancer. 4 webinars on 29th Oct, 5th, 12th and 19th Nov 2020, 4 - 5pm
How cancer develops resistance to treatment
The cells of the human body are constantly dividing, and each time need to copy a three billion-letter DNA code with high precision to ensure cell survival. The same is not true for cancers, researchers have discovered.
A reflection on cancer
Professor David Thomas provides a glimpse of what the future of cancer research could look like.
Australian Government & Roche co-fund the ‘ASPiRATION’ lung cancer study
Roche Australia, in partnership with the Australian Government announced a jointly funded a genomic profiling research project called ‘ASPiRATION’ for 1,000 Australians with newly diagnosed metastatic, non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer.
Access to clinical trials crucial for Australians living with rare or uncommon cancers
Neglected Cancers Awareness Week is an important opportunity to call on government, corporations and the community at large to place a greater focus on less common, but high-mortality cancers.
Ground-breaking trial brings personalised treatments to those with rare cancers
An innovative suite of clinical trials, matching therapies with Individuals on the basis of genetic information, could one day hold the key to rare and uncommon cancers and give hope to patients who have exhausted other treatment options.
Ground breaking trial
An innovative suite of clinical trials, matching therapies with individuals on the basis of genetic information, could one day hold the key to rare and uncommon cancers and give hope to patients who have exhausted other treatment options.