Topic: Cancer research

Professor McCaughan’s team will test two potential new treatments which target HCC liver cancer cells.

This project will advance the understanding of how prostate cancer progresses and could lead to a new much-needed diagnostic approach.

Prof Gottardo will test a new treatment they hope will provide the answer to minimising devastating side effects of medulloblastoma treatment.

Dr O’Reilly hopes the team’s work will lead to direct improvements on the quality of life and survival outcomes for stomach cancer patients.

Immunotherapy is yet to make a substantial impact on treatment for advanced breast cancer, A/Professor Swarbrick wants to understand why. 

This innovative research could be a breakthrough in treating pancreatic cancer and improving survival outcomes.

African women

Over 62 million deaths could be averted if HPV vaccination, cervical screening and access to cancer treatment services can be rapidly scaled by worldwide.

Cancer Council NSW researchers have investigated if testing bowel cancer cases is a cost-effective way of revealing undiagnosed Australians with Lynch syndrome.

This project has worked to improve treatments and reduce the major challenge of some breast cancer patients’ resistance to endocrine therapy and relapse.

Prof Tangye is studying patients with immune deficiencies and how this leads to the development of lymphoma cancers.