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Breast Cancer

 

Group Leader
Professor Rob Sutherland FAA

 

In association with clinicians at St Vincents and other hospitals we have developed large tissue banks and patient databases that are being used to identify markers of disease subtype, disease progression and response to particular therapies. A major joint project, with the Cell Cycle and Steroid Hormone Action Groups, aims to identify molecular markers of tamoxifen resistance, since loss of response to tamoxifen is a major reason for treatment failure. We are also conducting collaborative studies with other institutions to define the role of newly-discovered breast cancer genes in the disease process.

Staff

elena_lopez-knowles90.jpgResearch Officer
Dr Elena Lopez-Knowles
Sandra O'TooleResearch Officer
Dr Sandra O'Toole
Research Officer
Dr Catriona McNeil
Research Assistant
Dorothy Machalek

Anne HollidayClinical Research Co-ordinator
Anne Holliday

Data Clerks
Elizabeth Todd
Edwina Wing-Lun

Ewan MillarVisiting Scientist
Dr Ewan Millar

Visiting Scientists
Dr Raj Murali, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

 

 

News

 

Nuns on the Run from Dubbo to Darlinghurst for Cancer

MEDIA RELEASE: 19 Apr 2009
Led by two Sisters of Charity, The Nuns’ Run will cover the 400 km distance from Dubbo to Darlinghurst in an effort to raise cancer awareness and crucial funds for the establishment of a new $100 million Cancer Centre within the St Vincent’s Research Precinct, Sydney. Embarking on their journey on 24 May, Sisters Helen Clarke and Leone Wittmack are hoping to arrive in Sydney on 5 June.
 
 

Garvan and St Vincent’s to Build $100 million Australian Cancer Centre

MEDIA RELEASE: 22 Oct 2008
The Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St Vincents & Mater Health Sydney will today announce plans to jointly establish a new $100 million Cancer Centre within the St Vincent’s Research Precinct. The Garvan St Vincent’s Campus Cancer Centre (GSVCCC) will integrate internationally acclaimed cancer research with best practice cancer services, enabling research findings to move quickly into patient care.
 
 

Garvan Scientist wins Gustav Nossal Scholarship

30 Mar 2007
Each year the highest ranked applicant for an NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council) Medical and Dental Postgraduate Research Scholarship wins the Gustav Nossal Scholarship. This year’s recipient, Dr Sandra Biankin who is using the funds to undertake her PhD at Garvan.
 
 

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