Topic: Cancer research

This project would be a significant step forward in development of personalised treatments and should improve survival for this aggressive cancer.

The ultimate goal of the project is to inform appropriate care and improve outcomes for pregnant women with cancer and their babies.

This project will develop vital infrastructure that will make it easier for clinicians to choose the right treatment for individual patients.

This project will test and validate how new technologies could be utilised to monitor the concentration of chemotherapy in a patient’s blood in real-time.

If this treatment is shown to be effective, it will provide much-needed hope for patients who receive the devastating diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Research shows Australia is on track to become the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem.

Research has revealed the cost of cancer to the Australian health system to be over $6 billion a year.

A synthetic retinoid (a compound derived from vitamin A) has been found to acts powerfully against Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG) cells.

This study of 9,000 participants found that physical activity has the potential to lower someone’s cancer risk regardless of their body weight.

Cancer Council NSW researchers have evaluated the performance of a lung cancer risk tool used to predict current and ex-smokers at the highest risk of developing lung cancer.