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The Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG) presents a Preceptorship in colorectal cancer Convenor: A/Prof Eva Segelov Preceptors: A/Prof Joe McKendrick,... Read More

Based at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Professor Finlay Macrae is a clinical researcher whose major focus is the... Read More

Associate Professor Eva Segelov, Clinical Academic at the St Vincent’s Clinical School at UNSW and Medical Oncologist, shares... Read More

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in Australia and the second leading cause of cancer... Read More

His Honor Alan Bishop was a wonderful contributor to the AGITG and the GI Cancer Institute. In a... Read More

The AGITG 2013 Annual General Meeting (AGM) coincides with a meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee and is... Read More

The 15th AGITG Annual Scientific Meeting will be held in Melbourne on 8-10 October 2013. The meeting will feature... Read More

A grant to fund the AGITG’s TOP GEAR trial for both phase II and phase III of the... Read More

At the 2012 AGITG Annual Scientific Meeting the GI Cancer Institute launched Engage: a free online information network... Read More

Over the past six months there have been a further six publications involving the group including: the survival... Read More

At a recent AGITG Board meeting in November, Associate Professor Tim Price was unanimously voted by the AGITG... Read More

Are Colorectal Cancer Trials Meeting Patient’s Needs? Colorectal cancer has the highest incidence of all cancers and is the... Read More

Irinotecan Cetuximab Evaluation and the Cetuximab Response Evaluation Among Mutants:   A randomised Phase II study of cetuximab... Read More

6 – 8 September 2012 at the Sofitel Wentworth Sydney. Sessions included  topics such as Refractory Colorectal Cancer;... Read More

Congratulations to the ‘Cancer can’t kill hope’ team that ran in the Sun-Herald Sydney City2Surf in August 2012.... Read More

Doctors have new treatments for advanced bowel cancer patients who are too ill to have chemotherapy. Professor John... Read More

Personalising cancer treatment for individuals is proving to be effective. Medical oncologist Professor Tim Price claims that by... Read More

By Anna Grummitt Mahmoud Chatila is an unstoppable 19-year-old from Melbourne who recently ran from Melbourne to Sydney in... Read More