???As a cancer scientist, I am amazed each day by the wonderful new discoveries that research brings to this field. But as a cancer doctor, I am also aware of how hard it is for these discoveries to be translated meaningfully to the everyday experience of people with cancer,??? Professor Ward said.

???What is so exciting about this latest announcement is that it offers a simple mechanism to let clinical experience inform researchers??™ questions, and for the answers offered up by research to be applied directly into practice in hospitals across NSW.???

UNSW is also the administering institution for the Translational Cancer Research Centre for Kids, led by Professor Glenn Marshall, also from the Lowy Cancer Research Centre.

A third hub, the South-West Sydney Translational Research Unit, will be administered by the Liverpool-based Ingham Health Research Institute, a collaboration of UNSW, the University of Western Sydney and the South Western Sydney Local Health District.

Cancer is a major focus for UNSW Medicine. The University last year opened the $120 million Lowy Cancer Research Centre, the largest dedicated cancer research centre in the southern hemisphere, bringing together adult and childhood cancer researchers for the first time.

In 2014, UNSW and its partners will open the new Randwick Comprehensive Cancer Centre, focussing on world-class cancer treatment.

Source: www.unsw.au