Cancers

Cancer is the broad term for a wide variety of diseases caused by some of the body’s cells growing and spreading uncontrollably.

SAHMRI’s Solid Tumour program specialises in cancers of the prostate, bowel and gut while its Haematological Cancer Program contains groups working to improve diagnosis and treatment of a variety of blood cancers.

SAHMRI is also a major partner in the development of the Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research. The Centre will provide proton radiation treatment to paediatric, adolescent and adult patients with rare cancer types. It will be Australia’s first proton therapy unit and the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere.