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Striving for a cancer-free future

Why is immune therapy more effective against some tumours & not others?

Lead researcher

A/Prof Michael Kershaw, Dr Phillip Darcy

Institution
Cancer Immunology Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Years funded
2011-2013

This project seeks to find out why tumours in some parts of the body shrink after treatment, whereas tumours in other parts of the body do not shrink. Finding the reasons for this difference will lead to improved treatments for cancer.

Funding Body

Cancer Council Research Grant

Funding

$100,000 pa for 2011 & 2012, and $74,644 in 2013