Personalised medicine investigation for rare thyroid cancers

Dr James Lee

Dr James Lee from the Department of Surgery was recently awarded a $120,000 philanthropic grant from the The Aftershock Foundation, a not-for-profit  organisation in the rare cancer space. The gift agreement includes a further $100,000 in 2020, bringing the total to $220,000.

The group was founded by Suzanne Neate, following the loss of her mother to metastatic medullary thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer is now the 7th most commonly diagnosed cancer in women overall, and is on the rise.

Video of the week: Mr James Lee talks about thyroid cancer

The 2018 John Masterton Public Lecture was held 26 July with Mr James Lee giving a lecture on "Thyroid cancer: towards a better paradigm".

See more:

• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fSOtPlz3mw&t=8s
• Department of Surgery: https://www.monash.edu/medicine/ccs/surgery-alfred
• Gallery: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Yrbexty5j1AzyJvG7