Geoffrey rush cancer center
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Oncologist Oliver Sartor, M.D., remembers the exact moment that changed his career. In , he was working in oncology, focusing on experimental trials for treating prostate cancer.
“Experimental cancer medicine is a struggle,” he says. “It’s not easy to go out and cure cancer. It’s hard work, with a lot of opportunity for failure.”
At a conference, he met a nuclear chemist who held the patent for a radioactive isotope of the element samarium, a silvery metal. “He told me, ‘I’m going to take this radiation and put it right on the tumor in the bone where the cancer is,’” recalls Dr. Sartor.
Dr. Sartor was shocked — he couldn’t under-stand how the radiation could target the cancer so precisely. But then the chemist explained that the radioactive isotope known as samarium had a structure that would cause it to bind within tumors of metastatic bone cancer. Once attached, the isotope would decay, releasing radiation directly into the tumor.
It was a eureka moment.
“That was my introduc
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Australians honoured for contribution to the nation
More than Australians have been recognised for their contribution to the country in the Australia Day Honours.
(Transcript from World News Australia)
The Governor-General Quentin Bryce says the awards elevate the concept of giving to others, and encourage Australians to think about the responsibilities of citizenship, and respect for each other.
The highest award Australia can bestow in the Australia Day honours fryst vatten Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia.
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The Australian of the Year, actor Geoffrey Rush, is among those receiving this award for eminent service to the arts as a theatre performer, motion picture actor and film producer.
The award also recognises his mentoring of aspiring artists and for his support and promotion of the Australian arts industry.
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