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Cancer
Kids Calendar Helps Launch Child Cancer Research Lab
5th December 2006
The raising of nearly $50 thousand dollars through a calendar
featuring children who have been treated for cancer has been
vital in helping to establish a new laboratory at the Christchurch
School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, dedicated
to research into child cancer.
Compounds
From Vegetables Attack Cancer Cells
15 September 2006
One of the most complex medical challenges is to find the right
mix of drugs to kill cancer tumour cells. A research team at
the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University
of Otago, has now discovered that compounds from cruciferous
vegetables such as broccoli, brussels sprouts and watercress
help to kill cancer cells which are resistant to other treatments.
International
Prize to Christchurch Cancer Researcher
14 August 2006
Health research scientist Logan Walker from the University
of Otago’s Christchurch School of Medicine and Health
Sciences has won a prestigious prize ($2500) at the International
Congress of Human Genetics held last week in Brisbane. Logan
Walker, a member of the Cancer Genetics Research Group at the
School, is a leading participant in a breast cancer research
project initiated five years ago, which is now beginning to
yield interesting findings.
Boost
for Child Cancer Research
01 June 2006
The Child Cancer Research Group at the Christchurch School
of Medicine and Health Sciences has been given a big boost
to its research effort after receiving a significant grant
from the Child Cancer Foundation.
New
Appointment to Chair of Public Health
11 May 2006
Professor Ann Richardson has recently been appointed to the
Chair in Public Health at the Christchurch School of Medicine
and Health Sciences.
New
Centre for Multi-disciplinary Cancer Care
16 December 2005
A leading international surgeon and specialist in the management
of cancer is visiting Christchurch next week to evaluate a
unique proposal for a specialist multi-disciplinary Cancer
Centre.
Scientists
Study Vegetables in Cancer Fight
Friday June 24, 2005
You can be sure that Mark Hampton’s three young children
are encouraged to eat their greens. Dr Hampton, from Otago
University’s Christchurch School of Medicine and Health
Sciences, is researching how compounds found in a range of
green vegetables help prevent cancer.
Research
into Breast Cancer, Childhood Leukaemia, & Kidney Failure
Receives New Grants
1 December 2004
Researchers at the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health
Sciences, University of Otago have won new funding for research
into breast cancer, childhood leukaemia, and kidney failure.
Top
Achievements for Christchurch Cancer Researchers
15 November 2004
Two early-career scientists at the Christchurch School of Medicine
and Health Sciences, University of Otago, have won two of the
top awards on offer this year by the Annual Scientific Meeting
of the New Zealand Society for Oncology. These awards are available
for early career scientists and clinicians working in the cancer
field.
Calendar
Boost for Children's Cancer Research
27th September 2004
The launch of the ‘2005 Cancer Research For Kids Calendar’ on
Friday October 1st will be another significant boost for children’s
cancer research at the Christchurch School of Medicine and
Health Sciences, University of Otago.
Improving
Maori Understanding of Cancer Crisis
16 August 2004
Cancer is the leading cause of death for Maori women and the
second most frequent cause for Maori men. Cancer mortality
is 51% higher for Maori males, and 78% higher for Maori females
than non-Maori.
Possible
Virus Risk Factor in Breast Cancer
31 May 2004
A study just published in the prestigious British Journal of
Cancer by researchers at the University of Otago’s Christchurch
School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Dunedin School of
Medicine, and the University of Melbourne, has found evidence
of a link between a common virus and breast cancer in women
under the age of 40 years.
Hepatitis
C... A Sleeping Dragon
6 April 2004
More than 25,000 people in New Zealand have hepatitis C and
that figure is escalating by 1300 new infections a year. Dr
Cheryl Brunton from the Christchurch School of Medicine and
Health Sciences, Otago University, warns that there are going
to be major health consequences and costs for New Zealand in
the future.
Research
into Cancer of the Uterus Given Big Boost
10th November 2003
Research into endometrial cancer has been given extra impetus
with the announcement of a $60,000 grant for researchers at
the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago
University. The grant is one of six announced today by the
Canterbury Medical Research Foundation, worth a total of $270,000.
Health
Research Funding Boost from Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
8th December 2004
The Canterbury Medical Research Foundation has announced significant
project funding for medical researchers at the Christchurch
School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, for
the coming year.
Cancer
Researchers Win Awards
Dr Margaret Currie from the Angiogenesis Research Group and
Helen Morrin, Cancer Society Tissue Bank Curator, at the Christchurch
School of Medicine and Health Sciences recently won two Pfizer
Awards ($2500 each) at the NZ Society for Oncology Conference
in Hamilton.
Improving
Clinical Decision Making in Childhood Cancer
Neuroblastoma is one of the most common cancers which affects
young children under the age of three, but for paediatric oncologists
it is still a major challenge in terms of diagnosis and treatment.
In many cases the development of these tumours of the nervous
system varies greatly, despite early biopsy and similar pathological
profiles, and this makes deciding on the best treatment much
more difficult.
Tracing
Links between Stomach Bacteria, Ulcers and Cancer
The answer to this question is what fascinates researcher Heather
Parker at the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences,
and is the subject of her PhD thesis.
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