• Beating the ‘silent killer’

  • Sep 5 2023
  • Length: 13 mins
  • Podcast

Beating the ‘silent killer’

  • Summary

  • 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

    If you would like to get in touch, you can email us at healthCALHNcommunications@sa.gov.au

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