Beating the ‘silent killer’ Research Pulse: Future focussed health insights
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In this episode, we discuss work towards overcoming resistance to ovarian cancer treatment.
Our guest is Dr Melissa Pitman, ovarian cancer researcher at the Centre for Cancer Biology.
We learn about:
why ovarian cancer is known as the 'silent killer'why chemotherapy resistance is a major problem when treating ovarian cancerhow Dr Pitman is using lab models to understand why some cancers become resistant and how they can be re-sensitised to treatmentIf you would like to get in touch, you can email us at healthCALHNcommunications@sa.gov.au
In this episode, we discuss work towards overcoming resistance to ovarian cancer treatment.
Our guest is Dr Melissa Pitman, ovarian cancer researcher at the Centre for Cancer Biology.
We learn about:
why ovarian cancer is known as the 'silent killer'why chemotherapy resistance is a major problem when treating ovarian cancerhow Dr Pitman is using lab models to understand why some cancers become resistant and how they can be re-sensitised to treatmentIf you would like to get in touch, you can email us at healthCALHNcommunications@sa.gov.au
12 min