VCCC Annual Report 2019-20
The VCCC Annual Report 2019-20 highlights the breadth, diversity, and significance of the alliance's work, the potential for future growth, and the impact on the Victorian community.
The VCCC has partnered with Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer consortium on a joint initiative to support clinicians and health care services treating patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic and the recovery phase.
The Victorian COVID-19 Cancer Network (VCCN) provides a variety of resources and opportunities to get involved, learn and contribute.
There are two ways to get involved:
Subscribe to receive the VCCN newsletter with latest news, developments and changes to cancer care in Victoria, online events and seminars.
Become a VCCN Member: Health care workers can become a member of the VCCN and participate in online conversations and knowledge sharing via the VCCN Slack workspace. Members must agree to the terms and conditions to join.
Peter Mac is Australia’s only integrated cancer research, treatment and education centre, with multidisciplinary teams that provide care informed by precision in fundamental, translational and clinical research.
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (Melbourne Health) provides high-quality cancer treatment programs, translational research, and surgical and medical expertise, as well as other key support services such as clinical care and emergency medicine.
Australia’s first ranked research university and medical school, the university provides academic and research expertise to the alliance.
The Women’s provides specialist cancer services for women with breast and gynecological cancer and conducts research into the treatment and care of women with cancer, as well as the specific impacts of gender on cancer.
WEHI is one of Australia’s leading biomedical research organisations, with a strong national and international reputation for performing highly influential basic and translational research.
The Children’s Cancer Centre is the only provider of complex children’s cancer care and stem cell transplantation in Victoria and is a leader in the research and treatment of childhood cancer.
Western Health is the largest provider of treatment for colorectal cancer and a leader in the treatment of upper gastro-intestinal cancers with programs in breast, lung, genitourinary, gynaecology and haematological cancer.
Western Health has on-site radiation therapy and chemotherapy facilities and has a strong palliative care service.
A leader in palliative care practice and complex cancer surgery, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne also provides oncology and haematology services, on-site radiation therapy and chemotherapy facilities, in addition the hospital houses the Victorian-wide psycho-oncology service.
The hospital shares its campus with St Vincent's Institute, which has fundamental and clinical researchers working on mechanisms of cancer and diseases of cancer survivorship.
The Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre at Austin Health provides world-leading specialist treatment and holistic care including clinical trials both independently and in partnership with the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute (ONJCRI) – a leader in the development of experimental and breakthrough cancer treatments only metres from where patients are cared for.
The MCRI is a leader in understanding the underlying mechanisms and treatment of paediatric cancer and is home to the Children’s Cancer Tissue bank; a world class resource for researchers studying rare solid tumours and leukemia.
Peter Mac is Australia’s only integrated cancer research, treatment and education centre, with multidisciplinary teams that provide care informed by precision in fundamental, translational and clinical research.
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (Melbourne Health) provides high-quality cancer treatment programs, translational research, and surgical and medical expertise, as well as other key support services such as clinical care and emergency medicine.
Australia’s first ranked research university and medical school, the university provides academic and research expertise to the alliance.
The Women’s provides specialist cancer services for women with breast and gynecological cancer and conducts research into the treatment and care of women with cancer, as well as the specific impacts of gender on cancer.
WEHI is one of Australia’s leading biomedical research organisations, with a strong national and international reputation for performing highly influential basic and translational research.
The Children’s Cancer Centre is the only provider of complex children’s cancer care and stem cell transplantation in Victoria and is a leader in the research and treatment of childhood cancer.
Western Health is the largest provider of treatment for colorectal cancer and a leader in the treatment of upper gastro-intestinal cancers with programs in breast, lung, genitourinary, gynaecology and haematological cancer.
Western Health has on-site radiation therapy and chemotherapy facilities and has a strong palliative care service.
A leader in palliative care practice and complex cancer surgery, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne also provides oncology and haematology services, on-site radiation therapy and chemotherapy facilities, in addition the hospital houses the Victorian-wide psycho-oncology service.
The hospital shares its campus with St Vincent's Institute, which has fundamental and clinical researchers working on mechanisms of cancer and diseases of cancer survivorship.
The Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre at Austin Health provides world-leading specialist treatment and holistic care including clinical trials both independently and in partnership with the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute (ONJCRI) – a leader in the development of experimental and breakthrough cancer treatments only metres from where patients are cared for.
The MCRI is a leader in understanding the underlying mechanisms and treatment of paediatric cancer and is home to the Children’s Cancer Tissue bank; a world class resource for researchers studying rare solid tumours and leukemia.
VCCC Women - Choose to Challenge
The latest edition of Alliance celebrates International Women’s Day. In this issue, women from the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre alliance contribute stories that champion women, discuss leadership and gender parity, and analyse issues, such as unpaid care, that fall, for the most part, into the laps of women.
Chair of the VCCC alliance, Prof Linda Kristjanson AO, leads off this special edition with a reflection on the continuing need to challenge the status quo...
In news out last week, the American Society of Clinical Oncology has recognised Molecular Profiling Driving Progress in Gastrointestinal Cancers as the Advance of the Year in Clinical Cancer Advances.
The latest ASCO report on annual progress against cancer also catalogs a year’s worth of significant research advances, highlights areas of research opportunities, and reinforces the importance of federal funding for cancer research.
The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre alliance recently hosted a multidisciplinary workshop moderated by Professor Maarten IJzerman, (VCCC and the University of Melbourne) and Professor Sarah-Jane Dawson (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre), bringing together experts from cancer research, clinical oncology, health services research and industry to review the health economic consequences of the use of liquid biopsies and their potential for routine implementation in cancer management.
Learn moreFree, online course launches
The VCCC has just launced a new, four-week, part-time massive open online course (MOOC), Cancer and the Older Person for cancer health care professionals, as well as family members and carers of older people with a cancer diagnosis.
The VCCC Precision Oncology Program has implemented a groundbreaking approach whereby genomic testing is based on clinical decision-making rather than the strict eligibility criteria required for research studies or clinical trials. Since March 2019 this approach has enabled VCCC alliance hospital partners to provide some patients access to genomic testing they would not otherwise have had.
Learn moreThis advanced practice Masterclass will provide an opportunity to learn evidence-based communication skills and frameworks that you can use in your clinical practice. When applied effectively they will assist you to respond confidently and efficiently to emotions and behaviours that often challenge and derail therapeutic interactions.
Using simulation models to optimise the development and use of oncology innovations.
Hear from the Centre for Cancer Research fellow Dr Keon Degeling, who will introduce the concept of simulation models and demonstrate their role in health technology assessment.
Investigator-initiated trials innovations
From idea generation to protocol development, the VCCC’s Investigator-Initiated Trial Capacity Building program addresses a critical need by focusing on ways to develop investigator-initiated trials - building awareness and supporting emerging leaders and teams.
The program seeks to address the number one unmet need in the cancer clinical trials field - with access to resources and supportive processes for investigators to develop cancer clinical trials.
Teaching Assistant, Level A casual role for 13 weeks during Term 2 2021 teaching period, at an approximate time commitment of around 5-7 hours per week.
We require a casual Teaching Assistant in the Cancer Prevention & Control subject to support a tutorial group of up to 25 online graduate students.
Teaching Assistant, Level A casual role for 13 weeks during Term 2 2021 teaching period, at an approximate time commitment of around 5-7 hours per week.
We require a casual Teaching Assistant in the Cancer Research subject to support a tutorial group of up to 25 online graduate students.
The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) alliance is changing the way we tackle cancer in Victoria. Supported by new funding from the Victorian Government, over the next 3½ years the alliance will continue its groundbreaking work, developing and implementing innovative, system-changing programs aimed at improving outcomes for patients with cancer.
We are excited to be offering a unique and fulfilling role as Program Manager, Distributed Leadership (Cancer Research & Translation), supporting some of Australia’s most experienced professionals in the cancer field to facilitate systemic change.