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Current Newsletter
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Sporting legends throw their support behind Melanoma Institute Australia's SHADES DAY
2 September, 2010
Online auction of highly sought after sporting memorabilia opens to the public
This weekend, the North Queensland Cowboys and the Cronulla Sharks will lead the charge to proudly support Melanoma Institute Australia’s (MIA) ‘Shades Day’ by displaying the melanoma.org.au website on their uniforms, helping raise awareness about melanoma, dubbed Australia’s national cancer...Read More
Australian study finds sunbeds can greatly increase the risk of melanoma
5 August, 2010
A landmark Australian study has found that use of sun beds by young people aged 18 to 39 years increased their risk of developing melanoma by an average 41 per cent.
The Australian Melanoma Family Study is the first to examine the use of sunbeds and melanoma in younger adults. Read More
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Australia leads the world in fight against melanoma with the opening of the new Poche Centre
24 March, 2010
The Poche Centre, the new home of Melanoma Institute Australia, will be officially opened today by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of NSW and Chancellor of The University of Sydney at the Mater Hospital Campus in North Sydney. Made possible by the generous donation of $40 million by philanthropist Greg Poche, The Poche Centre will be the largest melanoma treatment and research centre in the world. Read More.
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Genes Found that Double Melanoma Risk
6 July, 2009
Melanoma Institute Australia clinicians, researchers and collaborators along with a team of geneticists have made a remarkable discovery about two genes that together double a person’s risk of developing melanoma. Read more.
Melanoma Institute Australia Acknowledged for Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Research
May 30, 2009
The Premiers Awards, held in May, acknowledge researchers who have had a significant impact on the prevention, detection, diagnosis, clinical trials and treatment of cancer. Read more.
International Melanoma Community Join Together at World Melanoma Congress
May 16, 2009
The month of May has seen some of the greatest minds in the international melanoma community come together to debate hot research topics at the Joint Meeting of 7th World Congress on Melanoma and 5th Congress of the European Association of Dermato-Oncology in Vienna. Read More.
Australia's Largest Donation by an Individual to Help Battle Melanoma Disease.
December 14, 2005
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