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Deadly ovarian cancer outsmarts chemotherapy
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Deadly ovarian cancer outsmarts chemotherapy

The world’s largest complete DNA analysis of ovarian cancer, published overnight in Nature, has revealed unprecedented new insight into the genetic twists and turns a deadly form of the disease takes to outsmart chemotherapy, potentially changing treatment approaches for women around the world. Read More
Hope in the fight against cancer – Cancer Research Awareness Week
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Hope in the fight against cancer – Cancer Research Awareness Week

We have some amazing researchers at the Westmead Institute who are striving towards finding meaningful treatments for cancer, one of Australia’s leading health concerns. Read More
Targeting gene mutations to treat ovarian cancers
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Targeting gene mutations to treat ovarian cancers

New research has shown that ovarian cancer patients with a tumour mutation in the BRAF gene respond exceptionally well to treatment with targeted drugs, known as BRAF inhibitors. Read More
New funding brings hope to Western Sydney cancer patients
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New funding brings hope to Western Sydney cancer patients

Westmead cancer researchers have been granted almost $7.5 million of NSW Government funding to support groundbreaking cancer research, including renewed support for a multi-disciplinary bench-to-bedside translational cancer research centre. Read More
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More than $1.5 million put to the test with Westmead Millennium Institute’s cancer researchers

More than $1.5 million in donations has been granted to some of the Westmead Millennium Institute’s finest researchers who aim to discover new methods to curb cancer and look at novel ways of treating the disease, Cancer Council NSW announced today. Read More
WMI researchers make advances in cancer research
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WMI researchers make advances in cancer research

The Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research hosts the largest team of cancer researchers in New South Wales. This multi-disciplinary team investigates a wide range of cancers and in the last 12 months has published several significant findings. Read More