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Friends-R-4 Projects

Friends-R-4's projects are aiming to acheive the following objectives:

a) Provide funding for urgent medical research;
b) Purchase desperately required medical equipment at local institutions and centres;
c) Provide assistance to cancer sufferers and their families; and
d) Help promote the prevention and awareness of skin cancer.

Peter MacRMHRMHRonald McDonald House

Please click on the following links for further descriptions of each of the projects currently being undertaken or considered by Friends-R-4.

a. Medical Research

  1. Development of new anti-cancer medication (Associate Professor Ricky Johnstone, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)
  2. Enhancing the immunological control of blood cancer (Professor Miles Prince & Dr. David Ritchie, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)
  3. Trackwell: A Neuropsychological Screening Program to Identify Cognitive and Academic Difficulties in Patients Treated for Childhood Cancer (Associate Professor David Ashley, Royal Children's Hospital)
  4. Understanding the mechanisms and actions of novel treatments for melanoma (Associate Professor Grant McArthur, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)
  5. Richard Pratt Fellowships in Prostate Cancer

b. Purchase of Medical Equipment

  1. Luminex 200 Instrument (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)
  2. Viacell Automated Living Cell Analyser (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)
  3. Leader 50i Luminometer (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)
  4. Apheresis Blood Cell Separator (Royal Melbourne Hospital)
  5. -80 degree Freezer (Royal Children's Hospital)
  6. Specialised Prostate Cancer Ultrasound Machine (Monash Medical Centre)

c. Assisting Cancer Sufferers and their Families

  1. Yellow Brick Road Project (Ronald McDonald House, Parkville)

d. Prevention and Awareness of Skin Cancer

  1. Early Cancer Detection Campaign (ECDC)