Novel surgery-chemotherapy-immunotherapy approaches for lung malignancies

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1050938

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Many patients undergo cancer surgery every year yet still die of cancer over the next few years because the surgeon couldnt remove all of the cancer cells, many of which were undetectable at the time of surgery. This grant will develop ways of combining chemotherapy drugs with immune therapy to 'mop up' hidden residual cancer cells after operations - the immune system, when stimulated appropriately, should be able to 'seek and destroy' those hidden deposits and thus cure these cancers.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $662,819.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

asbestos | chemotherapy | immunotherapy | lung cancer | mesothelioma | surgery

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