Breast Cancer
In association with clinicians at St Vincents and other hospitals we have developed large tissue banks and patient databases that are being used to identify markers of disease subtype, disease progression and response to particular therapies. A major joint project, with the Cell Cycle and Steroid Hormone Action Groups, aims to identify molecular markers of tamoxifen resistance, since loss of response to tamoxifen is a major reason for treatment failure. We are also conducting collaborative studies with other institutions to define the role of newly-discovered breast cancer genes in the disease process.
Staff
 Senior Research OfficerDr Tim Molloy |
 Senior Research OfficerDr Georgina Hollway |
 Research OfficerDr Yu Zheng |
 Research AssistantKristine Fernandez |
 Research AssistantSheridan Daly |
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 Honorary Research FellowDr Sandra O'Toole |
Data Entry Clerk Michelle Bassin Anna McLean |
| Visiting Scientists Dr Helen Gibbons |
 Visiting ScientistDr Max Yan |
| Honorary Researcher Alan Coates |
 Honorary ResearcherJane Beith |
Pathologist
Data Manager
News
$3.7 million to push cancer discoveries down the ‘pipeline’
14 Oct 2010
The Cancer Institute NSW has awarded the Garvan Institute’s Cancer Research Program $3.7 million, research funding that should lead to improved clinical decision-making for breast, prostate and pancreatic cancer within the next 5 years.
Professor Rob Sutherland awarded Order of Australia
14 Jun 2010
Professor Rob Sutherland, Director of Garvan’s Cancer Research Program, has been awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for “distinguished service to medicine as an international contributor to the research of cancer, the development of Australia's research capacity and through leadership roles in advisory bodies.”
Top cancer research prize in NSW goes to Professor Rob Sutherland
MEDIA RELEASE:
24 May 2010
Professor Rob Sutherland, Director of the Cancer Research Program at Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research, has been awarded this year’s prestigious Cancer Institute NSW Premier's Award for Outstanding Cancer Researcher.
