WWeellccoommee VCCC Partners Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Walter and Eliza Hall Institute St Vincent’s Hospital and St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research ThePeter MacCallum Cancer Centre is Australia’s St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne is a university only public hospital solely dedicated to cancer Founded in 1915, theWalter and Eliza Hall teaching hospital. It is a mission based health and one of an elite group of cancer hospitals Institute is Australia’s oldest medical research service being especially committed to caring for worldwide with embedded research laboratories, institute. Improving the understanding, diagnosis people who are poor and vulnerable. There is which are uniquely integrated with extensive and treatment of cancer has been a research comprehensive expertise across the continuum clinical and cancer experiences research focus since the institute’s establishment. of cancer care, research and education. St Vincent’s programs. Peter Mac provides services through Institute discoveries have benefitted more than is recognised for excellence in complex cancer its main campus in the Victorian Comprehensive 20 million cancer patients worldwide. surgery, it also manages 30 per cent of the state’s Cancer Centre building in Parkville and sites in head and neck cancer patients and is the number Bendigo, Box Hill, Moorabbin and Sunshine. Peter Today, 45 per cent of the institute’s research one treatment centre in Victoria for sarcoma. Mac treats more cancer patients each year than is focussed on cancer, in particular, cancers of There are state of the art on-site radiation any other hospital in Australia and our highly the blood, breast, lung, ovary, bowel, stomach therapy and chemotherapy facilities. In addition, skilled medical, nursing and allied health team and pancreas. The institute’s multidisciplinary St Vincent’s is a leader in palliative care practice, is backed by the largest cancer research group in cancer researcher teams incorporate genomics, research and education and houses the state- the country. proteomics, structural biology, medicinal wide psycho-oncology service. It is the largest chemistry and personalised medicine. metropolitan provider of hospital services to rural Melbourne Health Through affiliations with other VCCC partner and regional Victorians. A third of St Vincent’s (The Royal Melbourne Hospital) organisations, the institute’s clinician-scientists cancer patients are from non-metropolitan areas. Melbourne Health through are working directly with patients to see this The Royal Melbourne research translated to real clinical outcomes. Austin Health, including Olivia Newton John Hospital brings high quality cancer treatment Cancer Research Institute programs, strong translational research, extensive surgical and medical expertise built The Royal Children’s Hospital Austin Health is the major tertiary health service on its strong foundation as a university teaching TheRoyal Children’s Hospital’s Children’s Cancer in Melbourne’s north-east. Austin Health is hospital. As one of the partner organisations in Centre is the largest partner in the Victorian renowned for its specialist work in cancer, liver the Melbourne Brain Centre, the largest renal Paediatric Integrated Cancer Services and a transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, transplant service in the state and one of only member of the Children’s Oncology Group. endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation two adult trauma centres in Victoria, The Royal including a number of state-wide services. Melbourne Hospital also brings high quality The Children’s Cancer Centre is the only provider medical specialty services and other key support of complex children’s cancer care and stem cell The Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness services to cancer patients such as critical transplantation in Victoria and is recognised Centre at Austin Health provides holistic cancer care and emergency medicine. as an international leader in the research and care and the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research treatment of childhood cancer. It aims for Institute conducts significant translational University of Melbourne the highest standards in diagnosis, research, research and clinical trials including psycho- treatment, and support. It comprises an inpatient oncology research. TheUniversity of Melbourne’s contribution is as ward, a day oncology unit, outpatient clinic Australia’s first ranked research university and area, and a research program with an active medical school. The University brings academic Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and research expertise to the alliance, including research laboratory managed through the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI). Murdoch Children’s Research Institute modern teaching methods, health economics, undertakes research into infant, child and molecular pathology research, population health, The Children’s Cancer Centre is affiliated with the adolescent health. As the largest child biostatistics, molecular epidemiology research, University of Melbourne and MCRI and actively participates in cancer clinical trials. health research institute in Australia, their primary care networks and computing sciences. 1500 researchers are working hard to translate the knowledge they create from our research Royal Women’s Hospital Western Health into effective prevention, early intervention Western Health manages one of the largest and treatments for children. The dedicated TheRoyal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s oldest cancer services in Melbourne and is the largest team investigate how cells function in healthy and largest hospital for women and newborns. provider of treatment for colorectal cancer and children and in those affected by disease. They The Women’s provides specialist cancer services also undertake research into how alterations for women with cancer, and conducts world one of the leaders in the treatment of upper leading research into the treatment and care of gastrointestinal cancers with growing programs in genes affect the health of children and women with cancer, and the specific impacts of in breast and lung cancer. The western region work to uncover the genetic basis of disease gender on cancer. A research innovator in fertility of Melbourne is an area of extreme cultural to understand the causes and improve the preservation, clinicians at the Women’s pioneered diversity, with rapidly growing numbers of young management of genetic conditions. the world’s first ovarian tissue graft to the adults and a rapidly increasing aged population. abdomen, restoring fertility to cancer survivors. Responding to this complexity is integral to The Women’s is also a global leader in research overcoming future cancer challenges and driving into menopause caused by cancer treatment. the next generation of progress in the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. 3