Clinical Research

Minimal Residual Disease

About a fifth of children initially cured of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), later suffer a relapse due to the persistence of small numbers of cancer cells throughout treatment (‘minimal residual disease’ or MRD). Our research focuses on seeing MRD testing become part of the routine clinical management of all children with ALL

Long Term Follow Up Project

The Long-Term Follow-up Project is a collaboration with the Centre for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders at the Sydney Children’s Hospital. The project combines clinical and laboratory research to learn more about the long-term effects of childhood cancer and its treatment, and to apply this knowledge to improve the quality of life of future survivors


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