VICTORIAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTR

Thursday 14 December 2023

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

Taking bold strides in biotech

It’s been another impressive year for biotechnology in Victoria, further cementing our State at the leading edge of research and capability in this fast-moving sector.

The recent establishment of the Snow Centre for Immune Health at WEHI is a significant step forward. With $100 million in funding over 10 years and a 15-year research program with global collaboration, it’s one of the largest philanthropic investments in our nation’s history and enables research to continue long-term to fight immune disease and highly relevant to the fight against cancer.

And just last week, there was more significant news with the announcement a major new manufacturing and research operations to be built by BioNTech under an agreement with the Victorian Government and La Trobe University.

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Partnering to amplify consumer voices

Consumers, researchers and health professionals united on Friday 8 December to celebrate and explore a new era of integrating lived experience expertise into cancer care and control.

This Consumer Engagement and Leadership forum provided the launching place of a landmark $1.6 million research partnership aimed at enhancing the impact and contribution of lived experience to cancer care, research and education in Victoria.

Annual Report 2022-23 – From potential to reality

The VCCC Alliance Annual Report 2022-23, From potential to reality, is a celebration of a year in which many significant projects came to fruition – a testament to the power of collaboration across organisations and multiple disciplines.

International Indigenous meeting to address persistent cancer disparities

In March 2024, Indigenous leaders from around the world will come together in Naarm (Melbourne) for the third World Indigenous Cancer Conference (WICC).

Sponsored by the Victorian Government and hosted by the VCCC Alliance in partnership with the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, WICC 2024 will identify international research priorities and foster collaboration between delegates that will contribute to research for years to come.

Embracing the changing clinical trials landscape

Innovative registry-based and early phase clinical trials on display at the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) International Clinical Trials Symposium in November.

EOI: Engaging Participants Throughout Clinical Research

Taken part in or supported a participant of a clinical research study? Help VCCC Alliance and CT:IQ enhance participant communication in clinical research in two remunerated workshops. Learn more here or register below.

Data Connect

A new paper has been published on the VCCC Alliance Data Connect project in the International Journal of Epidemiology.

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Essential reading: Cancer in Victoria 2022 Report

The latest report from Cancer Council Victoria contains worrying numbers about drops in cancer diagnoses while projections show a 43% rise in cancer incidence over the next decade.

Read full report ›

Current Opportunities

Scholarships: 2024 Leadership Academy Excellence Program
Closes 9.00am, Wednesday 10 January 2024

A limited number of scholarships are available to partially fund (50%) attendance at the Leadership Academy Excellence Program two-day residential workshop. Open to the cancer workforce from VCCC Alliance member organisations (including regional sites) and consumers.

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EOI: Early Phase Clinical Trial Protocol Development Support
Closes 11.59pm, Thursday 29 February 2024 (extended)

Pitch your early phase clinical trial idea and develop it with peer support, consumer input, biostatistics and protocol writing assistance.

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Centre for Cancer Education

Recordings: Research Conference 2023

CATEGORY: RESEARCH

Did you miss the Research Conference 2023: Beyond the Breakthroughs this year? Catch up and be inspired with access to video recordings from two big days of presentations covering the hot topics in cancer research.

Recordings include: