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PA Research Foundation Newsletter Issue 2 - 2011

PA receives a fundraising injection for breast cancer research

Katie Noonan and Network Ten’s Georgie Lewis became the faces of the Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group’s (ALH) most successful fundraising campaign to date – to provide funding for breast cancer research that really will save lives.

The ALH breast cancer fundraiser has gone a long way to support the Foundation’s recent Breast Cancer Appeal to raise funds for PA Breast Cancer projects.

Research headed up by Dr Ali Naderi who recently featured in our Breast Cancer Appeal is battling one of the most toughest sub groups of breast cancer called estrogen receptor-negative or ER- for short. This form of breast cancer is poorly understood: its treatment is limited and it is responsible for more deaths of young women than any other cancer.

In 2005, Dr Naderi’s research identified there was a negative receptor which was responsible for a staggering 30 per cent of breast cancer deaths and claiming more lives of women in the 25-45 age groups than any other cancer.

Participants baked up a storm and sweetened the air as part of the PA Research Foundation’s High Tea - Bake Off Fundraiser.

From rosewater cupcakes, cinnamon tea cake to double chocolate ganache layered cakes these sweet treats were put through their paces and judged by MasterChef contestant Sharnee Rawson and local cake maker extraordinaire Jackie Thompson from Contemporary Cakes.

Once the judging was over the baked delights were snapped up by the crowds who happily devoured every last crumb on offer and helped raise over $7000 for cancer research at the PA Hospital.

Also providing entertainment on the day were our three special guests from some of Brisbane’s best sporting teams who joined us for the scone eating competition. James Slipper from the Queensland Reds, Chris Hartley from the Queensland Bulls and Shane Stefanutto from the Brisbane Roar joined forces to see who could eat the most scones in one sitting.

However, the boys were no match for the winner who managed to eat all four scones with jam and cream in two minutes.

PA Research Foundation supporters were lucky enough to have their cake and eat it too during the PA’s High Tea in the name of Cancer Research.

PA’s High Tea

The next step is a human trial, on a control group of at least 10 patients at a cost of $75,000 each. That means we need to raise $750,000.

Thanks to recent donations from our sup-porters and the funds to come in from ALH fundraiser we will be close to over half of our fundraising target being hit.

2500 Australian women lose their battle with breast cancer a year - this means that on average, 7 women in Australia will lose their lives to breast cancer every day.

ALH Queensland president Trevor Smith said more than 75 per cent of their employ-ees were women – so not only was this cancer personal – it struck a chord with staff to galvanise fundraising like never before.

From Ayr to Dalby, Toowoomba to Palm Beach - ALH donated $2 from every steak bought in July to the PA Research Foundation’s breast cancer campaign.

“We are so pleased we were able to help fight this disease, no one should die of cancer especially women in the prime of their lives.” Mr Smith said.

What do an Australian acclaimed singer, one of Queensland’s most recognis-able newsreaders, a hotel chain of more than 100 pubs and the PA Research Foun-dation have in common – the fight against breast cancer.

“Show your support for breast cancer research by visiting your

local ALH venue or making a donation to the PA

Research Foundation”

Georgie Lewis, Network Ten News Presenter and Katie Noonan, lead singer of Katie Noonan and the Captains.

Photograph courtesy of Katrina Christ Photographer

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Funds raised thanks to PA supporters give our prostate cancer researchers a close up look at their research with the arrival of the state of art Fluorescence Microscope.

Professor Colleen Nelson says the micro-scope “Will be used in clinical trials of prostate cancer treatments and to monitor the treatment of cancer in individual patients from around Australia,”

Prostate cancer survivor and Foundaton Ambassador Mick Brett was thrilled to see the new microscope inaction and see the impact it has on researching potential cures/treatments.

“When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer I wasn’t sure what the future would hold for me and my family, but I have survived and I am grateful to the researchers for finding new cures and treatments into this horrible disease.

PA Prostate Cancer Appeal a success!“I hope with this new microscope Prof. Nelson and her team can find the unlock the mysteries of prostate cancer so my son and other males don’t have to go through this.”

Without community support and funding for medical research there is no such thing as a cure so on behalf of my family to yours, we thank you!” Says Mick

Thank you to all of those whose made this microscope a reality.

When it comes to the topic of men’s health problems most Aussie blokes would rather walk the plank then discuss the issues of what’s not working and what’s stopped working. Most women will tell you it’s even harder to try and get a man to the doctor when there’s a problem let alone have him talk about what’s wrong.

But thanks to some fast talking sporting and radio personalities the PA Research Foundation in conjunction with Triple M were able to round up a group of Aussie males and put them through their health checks much to the delight of their partners.

Forty men including swimming legend Duncan Armstrong, cricketer Matt Hayden, Chan-nel Ten’s Bill McDonald, and Triple M’s Marto, Skip and Sully took part in the inaugural ‘Mandate’, which took place at the PA Hospital.

The attendees were subject to skin cancer tests, BMI tests, blood tests and screening for diabetes and high blood pressure.

Triple M’s Marto, himself a skin cancer survivor, said it was important that men knew a quick health check could save their life.

“Aussie men are tough. They wear stubbies in winter, can build a house with one hand and are impervious to the ailments that send regular people to the doctor,” he said.

“This all sounds like a laugh, until you hear the sta-tistics: Aussie blokes will die, on average, six years earlier than women from cancer, heart attacks and strokes – and just as many men die of prostate cancer as women die of breast cancer.

“Add to the mix heart disease, renal failure, bowel cancer, cardiovascular disease and of course skin

Mandate 2011 - PA making a stand for men’s health

Mick and Prof. Nelson with the newly purchased prostate cancer microscope

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PA celebrate national

The event was hosted to honour the strength and courage of people who have suffered from cancer, in addition to recognising the contributions of families, friends, health care providers and those engaged in cancer research.

Photos and messages of support from the day:

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The PA Research Foundation and Ten News have teamed up to bring you weekly health tips to keep us up-to-date on the latest health advise.

This week’s topic focuses on ANTI-OXIDANT RICH FOODS: We often hear the word Antioxidants being discussed by health professionals, in the news and even at the local supermarket. BUT what exactly are antioxidants and can they effectively prevent or slow down cancer? Why should we be adding this to our daily diets?

Antioxidants act like miracle workers in your body and are naturally occurring in foods including fruit and vegetables and also in some meats. They work hard to protect against oxida-tive damage to our body which comes from everyday living and is also increased by stress, smoking, alcohol, sunlight and pollution.

There is evidence that antioxidants from certain foods are helpful in heart health, cancer prevention and anti aging.

Eating good whole foods will help with the battle of many diseases and gets us to feel better. Listed below are a few of the foods groups with antioxidants that you may want to put in your basket.

TOP ANTIOXIDANT CANCER FIGHTING FOODS INCLUDE:

FRUITS & NUTS including: Berries, plums and prunes, red grapes and raisins, oranges, cherries, apricots and apples.

VEGETABLES: colourful red, orange and purple vegetables contain a variety of antioxidants, especially tomatoes, red bell peppers, beets, sweet potato, eggplant and carrots. All the greens especially spinach.

TEA: Green and black tea infusions provide similar antioxidant benefits because they are prepared from the same plant..

WHOLE GRAINS, NUTS & OILS: Almonds and walnuts, Olive oil (and olives), walnut oil, wheat germ oil and other vegetable oils not only contain antioxidants themselves, but they also help you absorb oil-soluble antioxidant vitamins in other foods.

For your weekly health tips join Georgie and our health practitioners on Tuesday’s at 5.55pm on Ten News

cancer and it’s no wonder men turn up at emergency more times than they’ve forgotten anniversaries.”

Close to 50 per cent of the participants recorded a BMI above their recommended healthy range, while a third of the group recorded a high score on their diabetes ques-tionnaire.

Over half of the men participating in the check up also admitted to having not visited a doctor in ten years, stating they didn’t have time.

However, it’s important to remember that the ten min-utes it takes to visit a doctor could save your life and give you more time with your family and friends.

By monitoring your health regularly and being aware of any illnesses or risks in your family history, you will be more likely to catch any health issues early and give yourself the best chance at surviving potentially life threatening illnesses, many of which don’t always have obvious symptoms in their early stages.

preventive steps to improve your health…

1. Share your family history with your GP2. Know your healthy weight3. Check your blood pressure4. Stop smoking – it’s the only health option5. Maintain a healthy mind and a healthy body.

PA & Ten News health updates

If you asked Esme Jones what was the best thing about her life right now she would say, ‘Just liv-ing is the best thing about life.”

Sixty five year old Esme has had a long battle against can-cer after being diagnosed three years ago. Her doctors told her she wouldn’t make it to her 60th birthday but she was determined to prove them wrong and she did.

Esme was able to celebrate her battle against cancer with over 100 cancer survivors joining in

the fun at our National Cancer Survivors Day.

Everyone involved in the battle against cancer – from patients to their families to the health professionals who look after them were honoured in the cel-ebrations.

The day was celebrated by the PA Research Foundation in conjunction with the PA Hospi-tal Cancer Services with a bar-beque and bowls at the Tarrag-indi Bowls Club.battle against cancer with over

100 cancer survivors joining inindi Bowls Club.

“Cancer is a word - not a

sentence”

cancer survivor’s day

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Issue 2 Quiz! 1 Which Australian swimming legend was part of the PARF ‘Mandate’? a] Duncan Armstrong b] Michael Klim c] Geoff Huegill d] Ian Thorpe 2 What vaccine did Prof Ian Frazer discover? a] Flu b] Cervical Cancer c] Rubella d] Hepatitis 3 Georgina Lewis is the news reader for which Brisbane TV network? a] SBS b] Network Ten c] Bris 31 d] ABC 4 What is ER- a sub group of? a] diabetes b] red blood cells c] breast cancer d] skin cancer

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Since the introduction of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardisal

developed by PA’s Prof. Ian Frazer– it has been revealed there’s been a 38

per cent decrease in the rates of pre-cancerous cervical

lesions in females. It is the first time research has shown

a drop in cervical cancer pre-cursor rates since the vaccine

program for schoolgirls aged 12 to 13 and women

aged up to 26 was launched.

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Kira Jappe - PA Research Foundation supporter.

As a cancer survivor, supporting cancer research is my way of giving hope to other young cancer sufferers.

To me cancer is cancer it is still a deadly disease. So if I can make a donation to help find a cure I am all for it.

To all of those people going through cancer treatment think positive because the more positive you are the better the outcomes will be.

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A new cancer centre at the PA Hospital is now open and will provide researchers with Australia’s most advanced technology in the examination of cancer gene function.

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Opened by Professor Ian Frazer, who developed the cervical cancer vaccine, the new facility will use cutting-edge technology to screen tens of thousands of experiments involving millions of cells every week.

Two decades ago, only half a dozen experiments were achievable within the same time frame.

With cancer now affecting 1 in 2 Australians financial support for medical research has never been more important.

In 2010, there were 114,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed in Australia with 43,000 people losing their lives to the disease.

The PA Hospital campus has over 600 medical researchers all working towards a goal of one day finding a significant breakthrough in a number of health areas that affect our community and hopefully finding ways we can prevent, diagnose, treat and defeat diseases such as cancer.

This facility will advance their progress in producing real outcomes changing the future of cancer treatment. .

The Cancer Genomics Facility is set to revolutionise cancer research and will enable researchers to study the causes of cancer, including identifying inherited risk factors and genetic mutations, and how these cause the disease.

Name: Fiona Simpson Research Group/Institute: University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Research Interest/Field: Receptor yrosine kinase trafficking in cancer.

What made you decide to work in this field? I originally became a research scientist after losing a best friend to childhood leukemia. I ended up as a cell biologist looking at basic cell mechanisms and also in diabetes research. Then I lost my Mum to cancer.

What is the goal and significance of your research that you would like people to know? Using new therapeutics to treat people with cancer. These new treatments are antibodies which inhibit a receptor called the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor. The treatment only works for some patients so we are trying to find a way of predicting patient responses find out why some people are resistant to treatment and eventually alter the resistance so the therapy works for everyone.

How does or how has or how will funding from a Foundation help your research project? We are a very junior lab, just over a year old. Any funding helps as we try to get established. Without a longer history of production and an established track record as an independent group financial support is hard to compete for in the current funding system.

What are you most proud of? My research, the things I have discovered. It is a very odd career for a girl from a small Highland fishing and farm-ing community. Most of all I am proud of my kids.

PA Research Foundation Board

Director Prof. Ian Frazer

welcomes the new Foundation

CEO Damian Topp to the PA.

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