Risk and prognostic factors for glioma in Australia

Glioma is the most common type of brain cancer. It is extremely aggressive and yet understudied. We are conducting a family case-control study of glioma in Australia. We will (i) investigate the genetic basis of this malignancy; (ii) estimate associations with established and new environmental, lifestyle, constitutional and occupational risk factors; (iii) identify prognostic factors and estimate their association with survival; and (iv) establish a biobank of germline DNA linked to epidemiological data. We will use this new knowledge to identify people at high-risk for glioma and to group cases into homogeneous categories in order to tailor treatment and improve outcomes.

Project team

Ms Jennifer Walsh
Medicine (Transactional)

Project collaborators: External

Professor Anna Nowak
University of Western Australia
Professor Mark Rosenthal
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Associate Professor Kate Drummond
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Dr Rosalind (Lindy) Jeffree
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Briz Brain & Spine
Professor Graham Giles
Cancer Council Victoria and University of Melbourne
Dr Geza Benke
Monash University

Key contact

Medicine & Health
02 9385 1424
claire.vajdic@unsw.edu.au