VCCClogo

Australian Government recently announced $440M funding for lung cancer, Victoria is to receive more than $202M in NHMRC grants. An additional $150K is to be invested in a task force to be focused on blood cancers.

NZ Government released the Cancer Action Plan 2019-2029, including a Cancer Control Agency and an extra NZ$60M in funding.

2019 Eureka Prize winners include UNSW Associate Professor Darren Saunders and Liam Mannix from The Age for science communications; Associate Professor Laura Mackay, University of Melbourne, won the award for Outstanding Early Career Researcher.

An Australian study has found women who use a combination HRT are at an increased risk to developing breast cancer.
 
Tuesday 27 August - Monday 2 September
Herald Sun (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Sep 1, 2019  16:25
Blood cancer kills 20 Australians each day on average, with death rates due to double by 2035 unless something is...
first country in the world where blood cancer is a chronic condition and not a fatal one, Health Minister Greg Hunt says. New research by
 
Beehive.govt.nz • Sep 1, 2019  10:18
The Government is taking action to ensure New Zealanders living with cancer have access to high quality care no matter who they are, or...
Government announces Cancer Control Agency and PHARMAC funding boost
 
The Australian (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Aug 31, 2019  0:0
Women who use combination hormone replacement therapy are at increased risk of developing breast cancer, an...
Combined HRT can increase the risk of breast cancer
 
ABC News • Aug 30, 2019  16:26
Image: Understanding cancer through the lens of evolution has inspired new ways to help treat it. (ABC Science: Rex Smeal) Despite our...
our best efforts, finding successful treatments for cancer has proved difficult. This is why some researchers say we need to look at the
 
Financial Review (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Aug 30, 2019  10:50
Some 8500 Australians have prostate cancer surgery each year and led to believe sexual function won't be hurt. For...
Professor Declan Murphy, director of genitourinary oncology at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.   Another recent article, in New England
 
The Conversation [AU] • Aug 29, 2019  12:10
Projects to build new artificial bones, learn how best to beat cancer, save Australia’s endangered frogs, and trap more carbon in wetlands...
for Infectious Diseases Research - Vivax Malaria Research Team, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research UNSW Eureka Prize for
 
Mirage News • Aug 29, 2019  0:7
A cancer therapy co-invented by Duke engineers and Rice University has crossed a milestone in clinical trials, a major development in a...
A Milestone Toward Cancer Therapy Without Chemotherapy and Surgery
 
Herald Sun (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Aug 28, 2019  10:0
World-leading Victorian ­researchers will share in a whopping $440 million as they get closer to beating the quick...
to deliver personalised treatment for patients with lung cancer. media_cameraHealth Minister Greg Hunt. Picture: AAP Professor Solomon told
 
Science Media Exchange - Scimex • Aug 28, 2019  4:7
Natural Killer (NK) cells have long been the soldiers of the immune system that prevents the growth and spread of cancers, and subduing...
that tumours take hold. Researchers have discovered a protein that prevents NK cells from doing their job fighting cancer. Importantly the
 
ABC News • Aug 27, 2019  20:5
An Australian researcher is preparing to launch cancer cells into space. It's hoped that the innovative experiment will replicate trials on...
An Australian researcher is preparing to launch cancer cells into space. It's hoped that the innovative experiment will replicate trials on
 
Cim Business Events • Aug 27, 2019  3:50
The Club Melbourne Ambassador Program celebrated its 14th anniversary at its annual dinner yesterday, with the induction of 10 new...
Simon Crowe (La Trobe University); Professor Frank Dunshea (The University of Melbourne); Dr Mary Lawson (Deakin University); Associate