Broadening gene testing could prevent thousands of cancer cases
Data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimates breast cancer to be the most commonly diagnosed cancer this year, with 19
Federal MP tours pathology lab after cancer diagnosis speech
Lab tour comes just weeks after her emotional speech in Parliament
Member of Parliament for Dunkley Peta Murphy visited a pathology labor
“I often think of myself as a medical detective” – Dr Mikkaela McCormack on her role as an Anatomical Pathologist
Anatomical Pathology is the branch of pathology that diagnoses disease by studying organs and tissue, so Anatomical Pathologists need a broa
Finding the meaning of genes
We hear a lot in the news about breakthroughs in genetics but there is still a lot that isn’t known about our genes. The good news is it h
New year brings new tests for better treatment of cancer
Genetic testing for cancer is always evolving to help doctors provide the best treatment.
A genetic test can be used to determine the bes
World-first screening trial for genes linked to breast and ovarian cancers
The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is going to be undertaking a world-first screening trial to determine how many women out of a participatin
“Pathology is vital when you’re battling cancer”
It is an impressive statistic that pathology is used to diagnose 100% of cancers, but this is not the end of pathology’s involvement in he