Cutting-edge cancer research underway

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Posted 25 Mar 2024

Cancer Research

Thanks to the generosity of supporters four new Flinders University cancer research projects have been funded!

Thanks to the generosity of supporters and participants of Flinders Foundation’s Pink Yellow Blue Cabaret and the 2023 SA Discovery Tour, four new Flinders University cancer research projects have shared $100,000 in funding to enable new discoveries to be made to help improve the lives of patients affected by ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma and the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, as well as patients living with cancer in conjunction with other chronic health conditions.

Ovarian cancer hope

There’s hope a new Flinders University research project could one day lead to new treatments for women with advanced stage ovarian cancer.

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Improving outcomes for patients with Multiple Myeloma

Dr Charlotte Downes is hopeful that research focusing on a specific protein expressed on the surface of bone marrow cancer cells could one day lead to improved outcomes…

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‘Three-dimensional tumour models’ give hope for asbestos-related cancer

Mesothelioma - a cancer associated with asbestos exposure - has a very poor prognosis, with the majority of patients sadly surviving less than a year after diagnosis.

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New research hopes to improve quality of life for South Australians impacted by cancer

South Australian researchers Dr Katia Ferrar and Dr Emma Kemp from Flinders University hope that their research will help to find better ways to support people impacted…

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Thank you!

Thanks to your kindness, patients and their families can receive improved care and the inspiring researchers at Flinders can continue to work tirelessly to find cures and discover effective treatments.