The Hospital Research Foundation Group Impact Report - Flipbook - Page 24
CANCERS
Fighting all cancers
Sadly, 50,000 Australians
die each year from cancer.
The good news is that survival rates are
improving, thanks to your support of better
treatments, care and earlier diagnosis.
YOUR IMPACT IN 2023:
Multiple myeloma
Leukaemia
• Improving patient outcomes for multiple
myeloma through fast-tracking research
from the bench to bedside, led by
Dr Krzysztof Mrozik (pictured)
• Finding new approaches to treatment
• Enhancing diagnosis of multiple myeloma
for patients who are high-risk
• Easing the pain of myeloma patients
who are treated with bortezomib
Neuroendocrine tumours
• Supporting the delivering of new treatments
and care for people with NETs
Head and neck cancers
• Building greater understanding of
precision radiotherapy used to treat
these hard-to-access cancers to minimise
the side effects of treatment
Brain cancer
• Trialling CAR T-cell therapy for adults
and children with brain cancers
of acute myeloid leukaemia
Cancer prehab
• Investigating the benefits of a ‘Prehabilitation
for Cancer Surgery’ program
Lung cancer
• Developing a novel blood test to determine
if lung cancer treatment has been effective
Cancer survivorship
• Trialling faecal microbiota transplant
(stool transplant) to replenish a patient’s
good gut bacteria that were damaged during
cancer treatment
• Investigating the unmet social needs
of cancer patients to inform future care
Infrastructure / Equipment
• Supporting an Aboriginal Cancer
Healing Centre
• Servicing a Maestro Z machine.
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