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Prof

Rob Ramsay

Honorary
The Sir Peter Maccallum Department of Oncology
Stem cells
colon
breast
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science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
humans
animals
oncology
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Prof

Rob Ramsay

 
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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Research into colon and breast cancer
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FROM THE STONE AGE TO THE STATE OF THE ART – MULTIDIMENSIONAL PRECISION MEDICINE FOR PERITONEAL CRC

2019 - 2023
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MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE TO IMMUNOLOGICAL TARGETING OF PRIMARY AND METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCERS

The immune system influences the outcome in patients with cancer. We have been early adopters of immunotherapy approaches to target cancer c..

2018 - 2021
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NOVEL IMMUNOLOGICAL TARGETING OF THE RARE CANCER ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA

2018 - 2019
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Testing a new anti-cancer vaccine as a therapy for brain cancer

2018 - 2019
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VACCINATION AGAINST ADENOID CYSTIC AND COLORECTAL CARCINOMA USING MYB CDNA - VACCUMED CLINICAL TRIAL - IMMUNE MODULATORY THERAPY IN COLORECTAL AND ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA

2016 - 2019
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Bowel Cancer

Rob Ramsay has had a long standing research commitment to understanding bowel and breast cancer using mouse models with defined genetic defe..

2011 - 2016
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Cohesin role in colon cancer

Rad21 is a gene, present in many species and essential for accurate chromosome separation and DNA damage repair. Based on its known function..

2011 - 2013
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COLORECTAL CANCER - MOLECULAR BASIS TO TARGETED THERAPEUTICS

Cancer of the colon and rectum is the most common form of cancer in Australia. Over 12,000 people are diagnosed each year with colorectal ca..

2012 - 2013
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The MYB Gene as a Model for Global Transcriptional Regulation: Stopping, Starting and Looping

This project will study how transcriptional elongation controls the MYB gene, a key regulator of normal and cancerous growth and regulation...

2009 - 2011
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Regulation of adult colonic crypt homeostasis and activation of colon cancer metastasis genes by c-Myb

Regulation of normal colon biology and activation of genes involved colon cancer The c-myb gene is essential for the normal biology of the b..

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Project Types

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Research Grant

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Scholarly Works

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Pelvic exenteration, cytoreductive surgery, and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal surface malignancy: experience and outcomes from an exenterative and peritonectomy unit

Michael P Flood, Peadar S Waters, Mikael Soucisse, Robert Ramsay, Michael Michael, Jacob J McCormick, Satish Warrier, Alexander Heriot

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

PURPOSE: Pelvic exenteration (PE) for locally advanced pelvic malignancy is well established, though high rates of morbidity and m..

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MAIT cells regulate NK cell-mediated tumor immunity

Emma Petley, Hui-Fern Koay, Melissa A Henderson, Kevin Sek, Kirsten L Todd, Simon P Keam, Junyun Lai, Imran G House, Jasmine Li, Magnus Zethoven, Amanda XY Chen, Amanda J Oliver, Jessica Michie, Andrew J Freeman, Lauren Giuffrida, Jack D Chan, Angela Pizzolla, Jeffrey YW Mak, Timothy R McCulloch, Fernando Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

The function of MR1-restricted mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells in tumor immunity is unclear. Here we show that MAIT ce..

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Complete pathological response in rectal cancer utilising novel treatment strategies for neo-adjuvant therapy: A systematic review.

K Wilson, M Flood, V Narasimhan, T Pham, S Warrier, R Ramsay, M Michael, A Heriot

Journal article  |  2021  |  Eur J Surg Oncol

BACKGROUND: Locally advanced rectal cancer is routinely treated with neo-adjuvant long course chemoradiotherapy or short course ra..

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Synchronous Liver Resection, Cytoreductive Surgery, and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Colorectal Liver and Peritoneal Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Michael P Flood, Atandrila A Das, Mikael L Soucisse, Joseph Kong, Robert G Ramsay, Michael Michael, Benjamin PT Loveday, Satish K Warrier, Alexander G Heriot

Journal article  |  2021  |  DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM

BACKGROUND: Synchronous liver resection, cytoreductive surgery, and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for colorectal liver..

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Outcomes following synchronous liver resection, cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for colorectal liver and peritoneal metastases: A bi-institutional study

Michael P Flood, Peadar S Waters, Michael E Kelly, Conor Shields, John Conneely, Robert Ramsay, Michael Michael, Benjamin Loveday, Satish K Warrier, Jurgen Mulsow, Alexander G Heriot

Journal article  |  2021  |  SURGICAL ONCOLOGY-OXFORD

PURPOSE: Synchronous liver resection, cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for colore..

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Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Systematic Review

KC Wilson, MP Flood, D Oh, N Calvin, M Michael, RG Ramsay, AG Heriot

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Limited therapy options exist for patients with treatment-refractory metastatic colorectal or anal cancers, prompting ..

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Clinical relevance of circulating tumour DNA in colorectal cancer

Joseph Cherng Kong, Swetha Prabhakaran, Jeanne Tie, Rob Ramsay, Alexander Heriot, Satish Warrier

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

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Shifting the treatment paradigm for patients with deficient mismatch repair colon cancer: is there a role for immunotherapy?

Joseph C Kong, Michael Flood, Robert G Ramsay, Satish K Warrier, Alexander Heriot

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

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Survival after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for colorectal peritoneal metastases: A systematic review and discussion of latest controversies.

Michael Flood, Vignesh Narasimhan, Peadar Waters, Robert Ramsay, Michael Michael, Satish Warrier, Alexander Heriot

Journal article  |  2020  |  Surgeon

INTRODUCTION: Peritoneal metastases confer the worst survival amongst all sites of metastatic colorectal cancer. The adoption of c..

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Future directions in advanced penile cancer - mechanisms of carcinogenesis and a search for targeted therapy

Jiasian Teh, Ellen O'Connor, Jonathon O'Brien, Wei Mou Lim, Michael Taylor, Alexander Heriot, Robert Ramsay, Nathan Lawrentschuk

Journal article  |  2020  |  FUTURE ONCOLOGY

Penile squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a rare and aggressive urological malignancy. Advanced penile SCC requires multimodal manag..

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Keyword Analysis

Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Clinical Health
Expanding Knowledge
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Clinical Sciences
Immunology
Genetics
Evaluation of Health and Support Services
Medical Biotechnology
Public Health

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2009

Rothschild-Yvette Mayent-Institut Curie Award (2009)

Curie Institute, Paris France
2001

6th World Congress on Advances in Oncology and 4th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine, Crete, Greece.

Outstanding achievement

2

Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

The Sir Peter Maccallum Department of Oncology

Honorary

Clinical Pathology

Education

Bachelor of Science

La Trobe University

Doctor of Philosophy

The University of Queensland

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