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Professor Andrew Roberts has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2020 Queens’s Birthday Honours, he is a scientist-clinician at WEHI, RMH and Peter Mac, as well as VCCC Research & Education Lead, Haematology and the Metcalf Chair of Leukaemia Research at UniMelb. Australian Government announced $13.6M investment in clinical trials to find cancer treatments for melanoma, reproductive and gynaecological cancers and childhood brain cancer. The listing of Revlimid® (lenalidomide) on the PBS Highly Specialised Drugs Program is expanded, to allow use in combination with Velcade® (bortezomib) and dexamethasone for previously untreated multiple myeloma. The Victorian COVID-19 Cancer Network (VCCN) Telehealth Expert Group advocates the need to establish evidence-based, patient-centred and sustainable telehealth in cancer management.
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| | | Awards | | | https://www.nationaltribune.com.au • Jun 8, 2020 9:30 | | | Queen’s Birthday Honour for blood cancer researcher Blood cancer researcher and haematologist Professor Andrew Roberts has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2020... Blood cancer researcher and haematologist Professor Andrew Roberts has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia... |
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| | | COVID-19 and Cancer | | | Insight Plus • Jun 8, 2020 0:26 | | | COVID-19 research news in brief: 6th edition - InSight+ From the New England Journal of Medicine A randomized trial of hydroxychloroquine as postexposure prophylaxis for COVID-19: “After... collaborative initiative between the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) and Monash Partners Comprehensive... |
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| | The Medical News • Jun 3, 2020 8:19 | | | Study investigates outcome of COVID-19 infection in blood cancer patients One of the first studies to investigate the outcome of COVID-19 infection in patients with blood cancer has been conducted by clinical... cancer has been conducted by clinical researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust.... |
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| | | Treatment | | | The Medical News • Jun 5, 2020 0:57 | | | New therapeutic strategies for treating lung cancer The international study "Resistance to targeted therapies as a multifactorial, gradual adaptation to inhibitor specific selective... New therapeutic strategies for treating lung cancer |
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| | Herald Sun (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Jun 5, 2020 0:0 | | | Fresh hope for breast cancer sufferers as increase to Kisqali increased A glimmer of hope has been given to metastatic breast cancer sufferers with a drug that can slow the progression of... of cancer made available to more people in Australia. The Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) will today announce a new access... |
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| | | Research | | | Science Media Exchange - Scimex • Jun 5, 2020 4:33 | | | Revealed: how cancer develops resistance to treatment Garvan researchers reveal the tactic that cancer cells use to adapt and evade treatment. Cancer cells can turn on error-prone DNA copy... at the University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Peter... |
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| | The Medical News • Jun 2, 2020 7:51 | | | Study uncovers how cancer cells protect themselves from viruses Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have uncovered how cancer cells protect themselves from viruses that are harmful to tumors but... Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have uncovered how cancer cells protect themselves from viruses that are... |
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| | Mirage News • Jun 2, 2020 5:0 | | | A boost for cancer immunotherapy Engineers design nanoparticles that stimulate the immune system, helping it to attack tumors. An image captured through transmission... A boost for cancer immunotherapy |
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