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Creating a connected professional community of cancer research and practice in western Sydney

The Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre (SWTCRC) is one of seven Cancer Institute NSW funded Translational Cancer Research Centres incorporating research, clinical training, education and service delivery within a formal framework that links leading research and clinical centres.

SWTCRC devotes itself to removing barriers, supporting and amplifying the skills and achievements of our workforce enabling them to provide ever greater benefits to our community.

Our Flagship Programs

FLAGSHIP 1

Embedding research as a discipline in MDT-based cancer care

Flagship Leads. Prof Paul Harnett, Dr Lynleigh Evans

FLAGSHIP 2

Personalized therapy

Flagship Leads. Prof Anna deFazio, Prof Rosemary Balleine, Prof Graham Mann

FLAGSHIP 3

Liver Wellness Program

(Formerly HCC Outcomes improvement through translational research in western Sydney – HOTTeR West) Flagship Lead. Prof Jacob George AM

FLAGSHIP 4

Using emerging health data to impact on patient care

Flagship Leads. Prof Tim Shaw, Prof Paul Harnett

Events

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May

Paris 2020 International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy Virtual meeting

28/05/2020 - 29/05/2020

May

ASCO 2020 - now virtual format

29/05/2020 - 02/06/2020

May

SWTCRC Virtual Rapid Fire Presentation – May 2020

29/05/2020 - 29/05/2020

Jun

WIMR Seminar Series - June 2020

04/06/2020 - 04/06/2020

Jun

Sydney Medical School Education Showcase 2020

11/06/2020 - 11/06/2020

Jun

CCR Seminar Series - June 2020

11/06/2020 - 11/06/2020

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Publications13/05/2020

New Publication. Using patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) in routine head and neck cancer care

Nguyen H, Butow P, Dhillon H, Morris L, Brown A, West K, Sundaresan P. (2020). Using patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) in routine head and neck cancer care: What do health professionals perceive as barriers and facilitators? J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. doi:10.1111/1754-9485.13048

Publications27/04/202027/04/2020

New Publication from our Flagship 4 (Health Data) Team.

Janssen A, Donnelly C, Kay J, Thiem P, Saavedra A, Pathmanathan N, Elder E, Dinh P, Kabir M, Jackson K, Harnett P, Shaw T. (2020) Developing an Intranet-Based Lymphedema Dashboard for Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Teams: Design Research Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(4):e13188

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Creating a connected professional community of cancer research and practice in western Sydney.

Sydney West TCRC @SWTCRC·

25 May

Virtual rapid fire presentation session this Friday, 29th May, 12-1 pm.
Members check your in boxes for the zoom link.
Join us to hear about CAR-T cells, digital health support, radiotherapy and more.

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Cancer Institute NSW@cancerNSW·

19 May

Health professionals can help people with cancer take part in clinical trials. This International Clinical Trials Day, find out how: https://www.cancer.nsw.gov.au/cancer-clinical-trials

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13 May

Join our #webinar on the “Implementation of #telehealth during the #COVID19 pandemic and beyond” with Prof Sabe Sabesan, Michael Marthick and Dr Nicole Rankin. 🗓️Friday, 29 May 2020 @ 11-12pm
⌨️More info and rego details: http://bit.ly/impsci-events
@ConcertTcrc @SWTCRC

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12 May

Happy #InternationalNursesDay to all our wonderful nurses. Today, Florence Nightingale's 200th birthday, is a good time to reflect on the value of data in stopping disease. #COVID19 Florence Nightingale understood this a long time ago https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-12/florence-nightingales-true-legacy-statistics-not-nursing/12235460

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Anna Singleton @Anna_Singleton_·

9 May

🦠 Covid19 has cancelled breast cancer support groups

@WARC_USYD & Westmead Breast Cancer Institute are testing a new way to provide support via text msgs 📲

If you:
✅ live in Australia
✅ finished breast cancer treatment Click for more details: http://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=P3M7HAE93W
#bcsm

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