
David Ball AO
@daviddbal
Retired thoracic radiation oncologist in the not-for-profit sector. Passionate supporter of equity in health care and the North Melbourne FC. Views are my own.
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14-03-2013 01:21:40
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Happy 75th birthday โฆPeter Mac Cancer Centreโฉ - what a journey! โฆHerald Sunโฉ heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/vweeโฆ



60% vs 8% 5-year progression-free survival (PFS). A breakthrough for a type of advanced lung cancer. ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.120โฆ Journal of Clinical Oncology ASCO Ben Solomon


Fantastic to see two friends and colleagues from Peter Mac Cancer Centre on stage at the same time at #ASCO24 Prof Tom John Shankar Siva ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ


Cool study and great presentation Prof Tom John Peter Mac Cancer Centre #aussiesonthepodium


Congratulations to Prof Jeremy Millar, new Deputy Editor of #radonc JMIRO Journal. ๐ Delighted to hand over the reins into such capable hands. Huge thanks to Prof Michael Barton, Prof David Ball AO and all the team for 15 years of fun. Itโs been an amazing journey!โบ๏ธRANZCR

It was so great to meet and chat to the architects from McBride Charles Ryan Peter Mac Cancer Centre Open House with my parents on the weekend and hear how they designed the inspiring spiral structure to meet the needs of a hospital but still be inspiring and calming for staff and patients.


๐We extend our deepest gratitude to A/Prof Belinda Campbell, our outgoing Deputy Editor, for her remarkable leadership & dedication! ๐Her tireless efforts have significantly advanced the journal! A big thank you Belinda Campbell ๐


Celebrating the remarkable Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - 75 years of world's best cancer care, research and education - โฆThe Dawson Labโฉ is very proud to call this place home โฆPeter Mac Cancer Centreโฉ โฆPeter Mac Researchโฉ youtube.com/watch?v=Oz2WuZโฆ

Great presentation by RadOncResearch at the presidential session at #wclc2025 Compelling case for following best practice in lung cancer radiotherapy in clinical trials of radiation and systemic therapies. Timely staging and RT planning with PET, concurrent chemo and RT QA critical.



17 years in the making!! Hearty congrats to Prof Trevor Leong for his outstanding leadership of #TOPGEAR #gastriccancer trial - hot off the press #ESMO24 & NEJM ๐๐๐ โก๏ธnejm.org/doi/full/10.10โฆ GI Cancer Institute and AGITG NHMRC TROG Cancer Research EORTC CCTG Peter Mac Research Peter Mac Cancer Centre

Great to see new TOPGEAR findings announced in NEJM and at #ESMO24 to guide gastric cancer therapy. Congratulations to all involved GI Cancer Institute and AGITG NHMRC CTC CCTG EORTC TROG Cancer Research


๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฌ: ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ Peter Mac is the only Australian centre to make the top 20 of Newsweekโs list of the Worldโs Best Specialized Hospitals 2025 in the #oncology section. More: petermac.org/about-us/news-โฆ


Radiotherapy is a curative & palliative treatment for #lungcancer, used in all stages. ~61-82% patients with #lungcancer have an indication for radiotherapy. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/Pโฆ Lets spread the word! Alex Louie MD, PhD Targeting Cancer ASTRO ESTRO RANZCR Rad Oncology

