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Beating the ‘silent killer’ that is ovarian cancer
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CALHN Research Pulse podcast | Season 2 Episode 6 |
In this episode, we discuss work towards overcoming resistance to ovarian cancer treatment.
Our guest is Dr Melissa Pitman, ovarian cancer researcher at the Centre for Cancer Biology.
We learn about:
- why ovarian cancer is known as the 'silent killer'
- why chemotherapy resistance is a major problem when treating ovarian cancer
- how Dr Pitman is using lab models to understand why some cancers become resistant and how they can be re-sensitised to treatment
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