Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon has welcomed the announcement of almost $2.7 million in funding to the Hunter Medical Research Institute and the University of Newcastle for ovarian cancer treatment research.
\nMs Claydon said this is one of a series of projects supported under a Federal Government funding commitment that was secured by Novocastrian Jill Emberson before her death from ovarian cancer in December 2019 .
\n\u201cThe HMRI \/ University of Newcastle grant is part of the Federal Government commitment of $20 million that would never have come about if it hadn\u2019t been for Jill\u2019s tireless advocacy for increased funding for ovarian cancer research,\u201d Ms Claydon said.
\n\u201cEven when Jill was extremely ill and debilitated from this terrible disease herself, she never wavered in her fight for fairer funding for ovarian cancer research and treatment.\u201d
\nMs Claydon said the funding would allow HMRI and University of Newcastle researchers to undertake a drug repurposing project to treat forms of ovarian cancer that aren\u2019t responsive to current treatments.
\n\u201cThis project has the potential to fast-track new ovarian cancer treatments by looking at the potential of existing drugs that have already undergone the extensive vetting and safety tests needed to secure approval for human use,\u201d Ms Claydon said.
\n\u201cIt will use artificial intelligence to narrow down the field of drugs that show promise.\u201d
\nMs Claydon said the survival outcomes from ovarian cancer are still \u2018diabolically low\u2019
\n\u201cOvarian cancer has the lowest survival rate of any women\u2019s cancer with only 46 per cent of women surviving after five years.
\n\u201cCompare that to breast cancer, which has a five-year survival rate of more than 90 per cent now. That’s the benchmark we should be aiming for.\u201d
\nMs Claydon promised to continue Jill\u2019s fight for greater investment in ovarian cancer in Canberra.
\n\u201cJill founded the Pink Meets Teal campaign to build a community of advocates calling for \u00a0fairer funding for ovarian cancer. I\u2019m pleased to be able to do my part and continue Jill\u2019s mission in the Federal Parliament.
\n\u201cI will continue to raise this issue with the Government and call for the funding we need to secure the outcomes Australian women deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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