Navigating Precision Oncology: Accessing, interpreting, and choosing the right tests

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VCCC Alliance Precision Oncology Forum

Accessing, interpreting, and choosing the right tests

20 June 2025

Navigating Precision Oncology: Accessing, interpreting, and choosing the right tests.

Explore the fundamentals of Precision Oncology in our upcoming forum. Through brief presentations and expert panel discussion, discover how clinicians can access both standard-of-care and research-based testing, and learn which tests are optimal for specific purposes.

Gain insights into effectively accessing, interpreting, and choosing the right tests, understanding the treatment targets and diagnostic information they provide. Learn how to navigate Precision Oncology from experts in both solid tumour and haematologic malignancies.

Chairs

Dr Huiling Xu
Senior Research Fellow, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Dr Joep Vissers
Curation Scientist Team Leader, the University of Melbourne

Speakers

Dr Monique Topp
Research Fellow, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

A/Prof Piers Blombery
Clinical and Laboratory Haematologist; Lead of the Molecular Haematology Service, Wilson Centre for Blood Cancer Genomics, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

A/Prof Anne Hamilton
Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Dr Huili Wong
Clinical Research Fellow and Medical Oncologist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, the University of Melbourne and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Dr Damien Kee
Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre


Content warning: The VCCC Alliance Precision Oncology Forum is aimed primarily at a clinical audience and features open discussion about real cases and patients. While these cases are de-identified, the imagery, content and discussion can be graphic.

Resource details

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Course type
Webinars
Duration
60 mins
Price
$0.00
Curriculum Area
Treatment (incl. Supportive Care)
Research (incl. Clinical Trials)
Speciality
Clinician
Early to mid career researcher
Senior researcher / scientist
Precision oncology
Research

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