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    Centenary Institute > ACRF Centenary Cancer Research Centre

ACRF Centenary Cancer Research Centre

After centuries of cancer devastating almost half the population, the last decades of cancer research have brought unprecedented insights into the causation and treatment of this disease.

Some cancers now have effective treatments, but some of the most devastating are mostly untreatable, such as pancreatic, ovarian and brain cancer. A feature of these cancers is their link to our diet and our bodies metabolism. For instance, about 40% of endometrial cancer is attributed to obesity.

Our goal at the ACRF Centenary Cancer Research Centre is to understand the link between diet, metabolism and tumour initiation and development at a molecular level, and to design new therapies using this knowledge.

Centenary brings basic research excellence to clinical utility, specializing in its three core competencies of cancer, chronic inflammation and cardiovascular diseases. Our exceptional skills in the burgeoning area of metabolism and cancer and this will continue to be the scientific focus of this program.

In partnership with the Australian Cancer Research Foundation and Sydney Catalyst, the new ACRF-Centenary Cancer Research Centre expands the capabilities of Centenary’s cancer research stream. The Centre has four core strategic aims: i) making key discoveries about disease mechanisms; ii) their effective translation into the clinic; iii) catalyzing medical research by collaborations and iv) local and international recognition.

The Centre is located within the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre and will be the first dedicated cancer biology research centre in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney Precinct – a health precinct which is technically excellent, clinically innovative and directly connected to patients.

A core and unique focus of the Centre is to understand the link between our diet, our bodies metabolism and cancer. With new state-of-the-art equipment and some of the best intellectual expertise in the country, this well-positions Centenary and its collaborators and stakeholders to make significant advances in this research area.

The ACRF Centenary Cancer Research Centre and the ACRF Tumour Metabolism Laboratory are proudly supported by Australian Cancer Research Foundation.

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Professor Philip Hogg

Deputy Director, Centenary Institute Head
ACRF Centenary Cancer Research Centre

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    Deputy Director, Centenary Institute Head
    ACRF Centenary Cancer Research Centre

    Phone number Phone Number +61 2 8627 4716

    Email Email p.hogg@centenary.org.au

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Centenary brings basic research excellence to clinical utility, specializing in its three core competencies of cancer, chronic inflammation and cardiovascular diseases. Our exceptional skills in the burgeoning area of metabolism and cancer and this will continue to be the scientific focus of this program.

In partnership with the Australian Cancer Research Foundation and Sydney Catalyst, the new ACRF-Centenary Cancer Research Centre expands the capabilities of Centenary’s cancer research stream. The Centre has four core strategic aims: i) making key discoveries about disease mechanisms; ii) their effective translation into the clinic; iii) catalyzing medical research by collaborations and iv) local and international recognition.

The Centre is located within the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre and will be the first dedicated cancer biology research centre in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney Precinct – a health precinct which is technically excellent, clinically innovative and directly connected to patients.

A core and unique focus of the Centre is to understand the link between our diet, our bodies metabolism and cancer. With new state-of-the-art equipment and some of the best intellectual expertise in the country, this well-positions Centenary and its collaborators and stakeholders to make significant advances in this research area.

The ACRF Centenary Cancer Research Centre and the ACRF Tumour Metabolism Laboratory are proudly supported by Australian Cancer Research Foundation.

Learn more about Cancer Research.

Professor Philip Hogg

Deputy Director, Centenary Institute Head
ACRF Centenary Cancer Research Centre

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  • Inflammation presentation awarded

    Dr Joyce Chiu from the ACRF Centenary Cancer Research Centre has won an Oral Communication Award for her talk given at the 15th World Congress on Inflammation, held in Rome, June 2022.
    Date 01 Jul 2022
  • Professor Philip Hogg on Nine News

    Professor Philip Hogg, Head, ACRF Centenary Cancer Research Centre, has featured on Nine News explaining his new theranostics research, recently funded by the Cancer Institute NSW. A form of personalised cancer treatment for the patient, the term ‘theranostics’ refers to a combined therapy and diagnostics approach where tumour markers are employed to deliver a therapeutic isotope ...
    Date 06 Dec 2021
  • Over $4 million in grants to boost cancer research at the Centenary Institute

    Two Centenary Institute scientists have been awarded grants totalling $4.3 million from the Cancer Institute NSW to undertake critical cancer related medical research.
    Date 03 Dec 2021
  • New precision medicine laboratory to help fight cancer

    The Centenary Institute has announced it will establish a new precision medicine laboratory, enabling world-leading research into the use of theranostics to treat cancer, thanks to a grant from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF).
    Date 02 Dec 2021
  • Thompson Prize success for Centenary PhD candidate

    The Centenary Institute’s Ms Aster Pijning has been awarded the 2021 Thompson Prize by the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
    Date 30 Nov 2021
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