Cancer Research Trust NZ
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The Cancer Research Trust is a registered Charity with the New Zealand Charities Services making all donations tax refundable. The Trust provides grants to doctors and scientists conducting ground-breaking cancer research, and to medical and scientific cancer-control personnel for their professional development and education. Read about the great work being done by Cancer Research Trust..
Cancer Research Trust NZ
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Research is the best hope against cancer and Cancer Research Trust New Zealand needs help to help get cancer on the run by supporting innovative research projects ..read more
Cancer Research Trust NZ
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More than 1800 Kiwis die from lung cancer every year. That’s four times our national road toll. So what's being done about it ..read more
Cancer Research Trust NZ
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We are delighted to announce that Cancer Research Trust NZ is now set up for Spark Give which enables Spark employees to nominate an amount to be deducted from their salary as a one-off or an on-going donation to Cancer Research Trust ..read more
Cancer Research Trust NZ
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A crucial aspect of the success of clinical trials that often goes unrecognised is providing participants with the information necessary to recruit and retain trial participants, as well as helping navigate them through the process. This is where nurses like Lindah Chikazhe come in ..read more
Cancer Research Trust NZ
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“I always wanted to be a doctor. I always wanted to work with children,” says paediatric oncologist, Dr Andrew Dodgshun. “It’s what I’m meant to do ..read more
Cancer Research Trust NZ
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“The satisfaction from those eight years’ experience in community and hospital diagnostic laboratories spurred me to do more to help patients and make a positive contribution to biomedical research." - Khine Thida ..read more
Cancer Research Trust NZ
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New Zealand has one of the highest incidences of bowel cancer in the world. Each year about 3,000 people are diagnosed with the disease and more than 1,200 will die. Bowel cancer is the second highest cause of cancer death in New Zealand, but it can be treated successfully if it is detected and treated early ..read more
Cancer Research Trust NZ
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Supported by the Cancer Research Trust NZ, Gabi, Research Associate Professor at the University of Otago Christchurch campus, is studying kidney cancer to try and understand whether saturating tumours with Vitamin C could disrupt the low oxygen environment where cancers can thrive ..read more
Cancer Research Trust NZ
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Obesity has been shown to be a major risk factor in the development of bowel cancer as well as oesophagus, pancreas, liver, uterus, breast and kidney cancers – and evidence also shows that obese cancer patients often have a poorer survival rate than normal weight patients and some do not respond as well to chemotherapy ..read more
Cancer Research Trust NZ
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The Cancer Research Trust NZ has just announced almost $650,00 across 15 grants to initiate and accelerate further ground-breaking cancer research in New Zealand ..read more