Saturday I had the opportunity to attend Netball Australia's Adelaide Thunderbirds vs Queensland Firebirds PLAY4PINK round, raising money for breast cancer research together with principal charity partner The Hospital Research Foundation Group, and speak on a panel with Ali Clarke and Paul Flynn.
Also got to spend time with THRFG's Amy Durant and our wonderful patient advocate Trish Fuss, and topped it off with a Thunderbirds win. Great night!!
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These epigenetic changes engender a mechanical memory within the breast cancer cells, causing them to become – and remain – invasive and proliferative, even after the mechanical stimulus has been relieved.
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We are grateful to all those who contributed to the study and the funders, The Hospital Research Foundation, Worldwide Cancer Research (UK), Australian Research Council, and The National Health and Medical Research Council.
Thank you for the questions! In this study we looked at pressure experienced at the cellular level, using forces that represent those felt by cancers growing in very tight spaces like the milk duct.
This is very different to a mammogram or similar, which is a force exerted outside of the body.
