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We remember Wendy Benson, a dedicated member of the VCCC Alliance Cancer Consumer Advisory Committee, who passed away after a lengthy cancer battle.
The Federal Government’s $260 million investment in a new National Lung Cancer Screening Program will have a massive impact on reducing the number of deaths from Australia’s biggest cancer killer, says Associate Professor Gavin Wright.
Genuine breakthrough for cancer research
The term ‘breakthrough’ is thrown around a lot in medical research and I’ve witnessed a small number of true breakthroughs in my career. The use of mRNA vaccine technology for individualised neo-antigen vaccines I think is going to be another one of those moments…I remember where I was when the data first came out.
Over 200 experts in cancer genomics from around the country came together on Friday 28 April for the inaugural Victorian Precision Oncology Summit 2023, coordinated by VCCC Alliance and Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium (MPCCC), supported by the Victorian Government as Platinum Sponsor.
Melissa Sheldon is a VCCC Alliance consumer representative who has lived with melanoma for 13 years. She was first diagnosed at 29 and has survived, even when the cancer progressed to Stage 4. This is her story.
For the first time in Australia, clinical trial metrics have been compiled into a single online resource that allows users to search and filter through any metric routinely reported in Australia.