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Critical Care Appeal raising funds for lifesaving scanner

30 August 2024

Victorian cancer patients are set to benefit from the arrival of a world class scanner at The Alfred, transforming the speed with which the deadly disease is detected and treated.

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critical care

Mind and body wellness begins for cancer patients

8 August 2024

For Ian, attending the new mind-body classes offered at the Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre allows him to care for his emotional and physical wellbeing while undergoing cancer treatment.

cancer

oncology

patients

Clinical trials pilot program a gamechanger for regional patients

20 May 2024

If it weren’t for clinical trials, Gippsland’s Steve Wadey says he wouldn’t be alive today.

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clinical trials

melanoma

research & innovation

High-precision radiation cuts prostate treatment time by 75 per cent

29 April 2024

The Alfred has become the first Victorian public hospital to offer a new form of radiation that drastically cuts treatment time for prostate cancer patients. 

cancer

radiation therapy

National boost for melanoma care and research as the Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre at The Alfred is officially opened

18 April 2024

A world-class melanoma and cancer centre at The Alfred is set to revolutionise care for Victorian patients, and boost research.

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cancer research

melanoma

patients

research & innovation

Australians urged to ‘be all over melanoma’ on 30 January

30 January 2024

Living amongst the highest rates of melanoma in the world, Australians are being urged to become more familiar with their skin and ‘be all over melanoma’ this Check for Spots Day.

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melanoma

patients

Sun smart summer key for young people and children

15 December 2023

Amongst all the hustle and bustle of end-of-year festivities, there’s one thing Alfred specialists are urging Victorians to remember – the importance of sun safety.

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melanoma

patients

New technology to enhance prostate cancer treatment

27 November 2023

In an Australian first, a state-of-the-art treatment technology is raising the bar on prostate cancer care at The Alfred.

cancer

Melanoma survivor shaping Wellness at new Centre

18 September 2023

When melanoma survivor Chris Glanville was asked to help plan how the new Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre could incorporate wellness in a way that was meaningful to patients, he jumped at the chance.

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melanoma

patient

Breakthrough melanoma treatment saves grandfather’s eyesight

4 September 2023

Blind in his left eye after a stroke three years ago, 70 year old Geoff was fully reliant on his right eye.

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cancer research

clinical trials

melanoma