Melanoma is the third most common form of cancer in Australia. The latest figures from the Cancer Council show that Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world. Each year, over 8,800 Australians are diagnosed with melanoma.
The scientific advisory group of the Clare Oliver Melanoma Fund is chaired by Clare Oliver’s medical oncologist, Associate Professor Grant McArthur. The advisory group also includes representatives from the community, leading melanoma research and treatment centres and the Cancer Council. The fund aims to increase the knowledge of melanoma by combining medical and laboratory research, to find better strategies to prevent, detect and treat melanoma.
The major objectives of the research of the fund are:
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To collect information from patients treated for melanoma. This will be used to help find ways to prevent and to find this disease in its early stages.
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To build a tissue bank by collecting melanoma tissue samples from patients. (A tissue bank is a research group that collects, stores and distributes tissue samples for research, in this case for melanoma research).
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To understand more about the molecular properties of melanoma. This will be done by linking the properties of the patient’s melanoma tissue with the information related to the patient’s disease.
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To link the clinical and molecular information about melanomas to clinical trials of melanoma treatments.
Who can I contact if I have more questions about the Melanoma Research Projects?
For general information about the Melanoma Research Projects (MRP), you can contact:
Cristina Conesa-Anghel
MRP Project Officer
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
St. Andrew’s Place,
East Melbourne 3002
Tel: 0409 213 898
Email: cristina.conesa@petermac.org |
