The University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research

Dr Harindra Jayasekara, a cancer epidemiologist at the Department of Clinical Pathology at The University of Melbourne and at the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research at Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, has been awarded a Victorian State Government Early Career Seed Grant to further his research into developing genomic profiling to accurately discriminate those at high-risk of developing a second bowel neoplasm from those at low-risk.

Associate Professor Frederic Hollande from the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research met with the French Ambassador to Australia, H.E Mr Christophe Penot and Ms Myriam Boisbouvier-Wylie, Honorary Consul General of France, as part of their visit to the University of Melbourne and Victorian Centre for Cancer Research (VCCC) in November.

A new initiative is successfully encouraging those at higher risk of lung cancer to act sooner when symptoms appear.

UMCCR investigator, Associate Professor Oliver Hofmann, is part of a new global 'learning health system' that will enable researchers to share genome sequencing data to investigate and diagnose genetic disorders, and ultimately pave the way for equitable delivery of genomic medicine.

Although technology may have changed the role of nurses, what they do for cancer care is more important than ever. By Professor Meinir Krishnasamy, inaugural Chair in Cancer Nursing at the University of Melbourne.

The Li Ka Shing Foundation will donate US$3 million (A$3.75 million) to a team of University of Melbourne researchers, working to turn cancer into a manageable chronic disease.

University of Melbourne researchers are leading a new effort to use genomics and personalised medicine against some of the most lethal cancers

Scientists uncover the genetic script that drives pancreatic tumours, opening the door on new personalised treatments for a deadly disease.

Professor Sean Grimmond is bringing groundbreaking genome-directed cancer research into the clinical space to change the way we treat cancer.

By Jon Emery : Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research, University of Melbourne