Investigators: Marion Macnish, Raelene Endersby, Nick Gottardo, Jacqueline Whitehouse, Meegan Howlett, Clara Andradas, Jessica Buck, Hilary Hii, Brooke Carline, Mathew Ancliffe, Hetal Dholaria, Keteryne Rodrigues da Silva
Project description
Childhood cancer remains the most common cause of death among Australian children. Improvement in treatment outcomes for children has wide-ranging and enduring benefits for the community in terms of years-of-life saved and improved quality of life for families. Translational cancer research is the key to further improving treatment outcomes through the evolving practice of personalised medicine. This approach to treatment advances depends on the availability of human tumour tissue with matched clinical data (the Biobank), which can be used in laboratory research. This work will facilitate "translation" of molecular, cellular or genetic research findings into improvements in diagnosis, treatment or prevention of cancer.
Collaborators
- Marcel Kool
- Christine White
- Elizabeth Algar
- Sharon Lee
- Jason Dyke
- Mark Cowley
- Paul Ekert
- Zero Childhood Cancer Team @ Children's Cancer Institute
Partners
- Pirate Ship Foundation
- Zero Childhood Cancer Program