Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre |Annual Report 2017–18 Welcome The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Medical Research, the Royal Women’s Hospital, The (VCCC) is a powerful alliance of 10 leading Royal Children’s Hospital, Western Health, St Vincent’sHospital Melbourne (including St Vincent’s Institute), research, academic and clinical institutions Austin Health (including the Olivia Newton-John working together to accelerate and amplify Cancer Research Institute and Austin Lifesciences) and leading-edge cancer research, knowledge and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. expertise to benefit the Victorian community. The Victorian Government is a major supporter of Vision the VCCC. To save lives through the integration of cancer What we do research, education and patient care. Through innovation and collaboration, the VCCC will drive The VCCC seeks to identify and fill key gaps and unmet the next generation of improvements in prevention, needs and enhance areas with greatest potential to detection and cancer treatment. benefit patients. The alliance undertakes strategic areas of work that leverage the strengths and Our charge critical mass of its partners: delivering programs and projects that could not be done by one organisation To position Victoria as a trailblazer in research-led, alone. Strategic leadership is drawn from across the consumer-informed cancer prevention, detection, partners (VCCC distributed leadership model) and the treatment and patient care. alliance functions through structured collaborations; new processes and systems that advance and share Our focus knowledge; education, and the creation of more effective ways of working to accelerate the translation Together, the VCCC alliance partners represent a of research to practice. The alliance is supported critical mass of expertise and resources. Our mission by a dedicated team of expert staff who manage is to turn the potential of this into best possible and facilitate the collective effort. Community outcomes for Victorian cancer patients. representatives (consumers) are consulted and included in key aspects of our work. Our approach Our programs span five interconnected areas: The VCCC alliance is changing the way we tackle cancer in Victoria. We work strategically and collaboratively together, integrating cancer research, Leadership and Collaboration clinical trials and education to enable and accelerate the translation of scientific evidence into patient and community benefit. Cancer Workforce Excellence Our partners Our alliance is a multi-site, multi-disciplinary joint Research Development venture partnership between 10 leading medical research, academic and clinical institutions with a Clinical Trials Expansion shared goal of improving outcomes for Victorian cancer patients. The VCCC alliance partners are Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne Health (including The Royal Melbourne Hospital), the University of Community, Engagement and Partnerships Melbourne, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of 2