Tag: cancer research
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) awards multimillion dollar grant to group of cervical cancer prevention experts led by Cancer Council and Victorian Cytology Service. Authors: Adjunct Professor Karen Canfell, Associate Professor Marion Saville and Associate Professor Julia Brotherton Australia has led the world in cervical cancer prevention for decades, both in vaccination and screening. […]
Cancer Council NSW is excited to announce that nearly $6million has been awarded to 15 ground-breaking cancer research projects. The grants help fund future breakthroughs in cancer research, with 15 of Australia’s leading research teams paving the way for new ways to treat the disease. The project grants were awarded on Wednesday 1 March at […]
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At Cancer Council NSW, we get a lot of questions about our research into pancreatic cancer. Despite improvements in survival rates across more common types of cancer, only 6% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will survive past five years. However, the researchers that we fund are making important steps forward in finding the answers […]
This year in Australia, it is predicted that 1,900 people will be diagnosed with brain cancer and around 1,385 people will die from the disease. Despite improving survival rates in other types of cancer, brain cancer survival remains poor. Sadly, only around 22 per cent of people diagnosed with this cancer will survive for five […]
Professor Xu Dong Zhang from the University of Newcastle is a leading melanoma researcher and has become a driving force in unlocking the many mysteries that surround this deadly form of cancer. Thanks to ongoing funding from Cancer Council NSW, he has made some extraordinary breakthroughs that have made international headlines. The major focus of […]
Today is International Women’s Day and this day gives us a chance to stop and celebrate outstanding women making a difference in their field. At Cancer Council NSW, there is one such woman who is quite literally changing the face of cancer. Professor Karen Canfell is an internationally recognised researcher and expert in cervical cancer […]
Cancer Council NSW is excited to announce that around $3.6 million in new funding has been awarded to some of Australia’s most outstanding researchers, who are setting out to reduce the impact of cancer and explore new treatment approaches. Who are the cancer researchers? A total of 10 visionary researchers and their teams were successful […]
Two research teams from the University of Newcastle have received over $4.4 million in funding to support their ground-breaking work. Cancer Council NSW awards these prestigious program grants, which run over 5 years, to the most outstanding researchers in the state with a track record of excellence. One grant has gone to Laureate Professor Rob […]
The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia’s Annual Scientific Meeting (COSA), the nation’s premier gathering of cancer health professionals, kicked off in Hobart on 17 November. This three day event brought together leading clinicians, scientists, oncologists, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who are working in cancer care nationally and globally. Members of the research […]