Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

About Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is one of the world’s leading cancer research, education and treatment centres and is Australia’s only public hospital solely dedicated to caring for people affected by cancer. The Centre has over 2,500 staff, including more than 580 laboratory and clinical researchers, all focused on providing better treatments, better care and potential cures for cancer.

Each day the team strives to provide the best in cancer care, better treatments and potential cures for all people affected by cancer. Its multi-disciplinary teams comprises of medical, surgical and radiation oncologists, nurses, radiation therapists and allied health professionals who directly interact with laboratory researchers to develop new therapies, and improve and better understand mechanisms of existing therapies.

The Centre also houses the largest group of laboratory-based cancer researchers in Australia working in close collaboration with clinical cancer experts, offering industry a range of opportunities for collaborative or contract research and development. It's highly-trained laboratory scientists offer pre-clinical drug development services, with access to sophisticated animal models of cancer, cutting edge genomic facilities and a range of human tissue banks.