$2.95 Million Government Breast Reconstruction Funding Gives New Benefit To Breast Cancer Survivors, Australia
November 30, 2011
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A new $2.95 million Brumby Labor Government grant is helping Victorian researchers collaborate to find an alternative to silicon in breast reconstruction right after mastectomy.
Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings stated the project was essential within the remedy and recovery of ladies with breast cancer.
“The Brumby Labor Government is taking action to help researchers find a procedure to reconstruct breasts following mastectomy that avoids using silicon,” Mr Jennings said.
“The technique involves the insertion of a customised biodegradable chamber which is contoured to match the woman’s natural breast shape within which the permanent fat located in breasts can be grown.
“Where there is insufficient fat, the researchers intend to develop Myogel, a muscle derived tissue that induces fat tissue production. This technique provides a safe and more natural way of reconstructing the breast.”
The Australian Tissue Engineering Centre will lead the breast reconstruction project in partnership with Anatomics, Cogentum, Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, the University of Melbourne’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Tissue Bank.
The project is 1 of 10 new wellness projects getting funded under the $41 million Victoria’s Science Agenda (VSA) Investment Fund, part of the Brumby Labor Government’s innovation statement.
The other wellness projects to be funded under the VSA Investment Fund are:
-Australian Collaborative Care Cluster for chronic disease;
-Collaboration to develop next generation pharmaceutical formulations;
-High-value clinical items for oncology diagnosis and therapy;
-Electronic tracking for cryogenic storage of cord blood and stem cells;
-Capturing the therapeutic value of dairy bioactives;
-A continence management technologies program;
-Nanosecond laser remedy for vision loss from age-related macular degeneration;
-Early stage ovarian cancer diagnosis; and
-The Victorian stroke telemedicine program for rural and regional Victoria.
Mr Jennings said that breast cancer survivors can knowledge a range of difficulties, ranging from physical limitations to psychosocial problems. Self esteem derived from feeling better about their bodies by way of breast reconstruction was an essential factor in their recovery.
“Breast cancer could be the most common cancer among ladies in Australia. Far more than 13,600 new instances are expected this year although about 106 Australian men are also expected to be diagnosed,” he stated.
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