Queensland research finds the overall incidence rate of childhood cancer in Australia increased by 1.2% per year between 2005 and 2015, it is expected to rise by 7% over the next 20 years. National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) CEO Professor Sarah Hosking says new strategies into immunotherapy, personalised therapies and prevention programs could mean zero breast cancer deaths by the end of the decade. For more on the future of improving breast cancer outcomes, register for the VCCC public lecture with Dr Eric Winer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Thursday 20 February, 6-7pm: https://www.viccompcancerctr.org/events/improving-breast-cancer-outcomes-past-present-and-future/ University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research (UMCCR) has partnered with Illumina to roll out real-time testing of the most challenging cancer cases, integrating patients’ genomic data into routine clinical decision-making. |
| | | Monday 10 February - Monday 17 February |  |  | Science Media Exchange - Scimex • Feb 17, 2020 0:19 |  | | The incidence rate of childhood cancer in Australia increased by 1.2 per cent each year between 2005 and 2015, and is expected to rise a... rise follows a period of stability in childhood cancer incidence dating back to 1996. The researchers say the reasons for... |
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| | Science Media Exchange - Scimex • Feb 16, 2020 23:53 | | | Researchers have developed a simple blood test that measures the body’s own immune response to improve diagnosis of ovarian cancer. collaboration with Monash University, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, University of Melbourne and Hudson Institute of Medical... |
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| | The Guardian • Feb 14, 2020 17:0 | | | New research says mutations could be picked up long before symptoms appear. Society must be ready for the ethical problems this poses There could soon be a test to detect cancer years in advance. Would you take it? |
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| | The Mandarin • Feb 14, 2020 7:25 | | | The Victorian government has formed a taskforce aimed at fostering local innovation and building global connections. The group will unite... the recent commitment of $5 billion through the Medical Research Future Fund to support breakthrough medical research into new... |
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| | The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners • Feb 13, 2020 15:0 | | | The $100 million plan aims to determine why one in 10 women don’t survive beyond five years after diagnosis. excited about the future potential of this system to help reduce tumour growth in women with breast cancer … [and]... |
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| | Science Media Exchange - Scimex • Feb 13, 2020 6:25 | | | Around 63 per cent of Aussie cancer patients suffer from at least one chronic disease, according to an observational study of over 2,000... observational study of over 2,000 cancer patients, and this can influence their cancer burden too. The... |
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| | ABC Radio National • Feb 12, 2020 8:24 | | | Today a campaign will be launched at Parliament House in Canberra calling for an urgent national response to one of Australia's deadliest... Pancreatic cancer deaths to exceed breast cancer for first time |
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| | Science Media Exchange - Scimex • Feb 12, 2020 3:1 | | | Dutch researchers have assisted in the first in-human trials of robot-assisted supermicrosurgery, which can be performed on vessels in the... to assist in surgeries for multiple patients with breast cancer-related lymphedema. The researchers evaluated the... |
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| | Pursuit • Feb 11, 2020 23:9 | | | Mapping the human genome is revolutionising medicine. The aim? To turn cancer into a manageable, chronic disease like diabetes extremely difficult to read accurately. But that hasn’t stopped University of Melbourne researchers from using the technology to... |
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| | Financial Review (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Feb 11, 2020 0:0 | | | Share Melbourne has secured the rights to host a major global innovation conference, set to bring together experts... the recent commitment of $5 billion through the Medical Research Future Fund to support breakthrough medical research into new... |
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| | Brisbane Times (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Feb 11, 2020 0:0 | | | Two Australian robotics engineers and a medical doctor have won backing from the CSIRO's innovation fund for a plan... CSIRO innovation fund backs AI startup aiming to speed up hep C, cancer treatment |
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| | ABC Radio National • Feb 10, 2020 17:30 | | | New research says lung cancer screening saves lives and catches cancer earlier than it would otherwise be found. New research says lung cancer screening saves lives and catches cancer earlier than it would otherwise be found. |
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