Your gift today could help save a life tomorrow.
Your donation will help accelerate crucial biomarker research at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse — research that is helping doctors understand how each person’s cancer behaves, and how best to treat it.
What are Biomarkers?
Biomarkers are biological clues that help doctors understand how cancer behaves in each individual. They guide the choice of treatment, predict resistance, and could even detect cancer earlier than ever before.
Why is funding important?
Many of the breakthroughs at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse are made possible thanks to generous donor support. Funding helps researchers develop new tests, run clinical trials, and get discoveries from the lab into real-life treatment faster.
Tim's story
“Every single dollar you provide will absolutely help save someone’s life. That’s what research has done for me — and not just for me, for my kids, my wife, for everyone I love.”
- Tim Weale, patient at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse
Meet some of our talented researchers
Dr Madeleine Strach
Medical Oncologist
"The motivating factor is improving outcomes for my patients... I want to think longer term and be a part of the change that will make their lives better in the future.”
Dr Tahlia Scheinberg
Medical Oncologist
"As a researcher, you can see the impact your work can have on people’s lives; to watch something that started as an idea actually making a difference is amazing.”
Dr Samuel Smith
Medical Oncology Fellow
“Biomarkers have a huge range of potential uses, including detection of cancer in people with no known history, or surveillance for patients who are at risk of recurrence."
Dr Susannah Hallal
Brain Cancer Researcher
“It’s exciting to be a part of this research that will potentially change the way we manage glioblastoma and transform outcomes for patients in the future.”
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