{"id":856697,"date":"2026-08-15T23:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T23:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856697\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T23:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T23:54:14","slug":"australian-cancer-detection-breakthrough-shortlisted-for-prestigious-global-healthcare-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856697\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian cancer detection breakthrough shortlisted for prestigious global healthcare prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian medical innovation is taking on the world, with three homegrown organisations shortlisted for one of healthcare\u2019s most prestigious prizes.<\/p>\n

But industry leaders are warning that without greater investment, our best breakthroughs could be lost overseas.<\/p>\n

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For breast cancer surgeons, what they can\u2019t see can be critical. Even after surgery, cancer can be left behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cUp to 30 per cent of women will have cancer remaining inside after the initial surgery is complete,\u201d OncoRes Medicals\u2019 Dr Katharine Giles said.<\/p>\n

Now Australian technology is trying to change that.<\/p>\n

Perth-based OncoRes has developed a world-first imaging system helping surgeons find cancer they may have missed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe surgeon will be able to use our probe inside the surgical cavity during surgery to identify cancer that\u2019s been missed and remove all of it the first time,\u201d Giles said.<\/p>\n

\"OncoResOncoRes Medicals\u2019 Dr Katharine Giles. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n

Currently in clinical trials, OncoRes is one of three Australian organisations shortlisted for an international award dubbed the Nobel Prize of Life Sciences.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really shows that we can create, invent, develop commercialised technologies that are world-class and game-changing for patients on a global scale,\u201d AndHealth Bronwyn Le Grice said.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe world-first imaging system. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n

The challenge now is keeping Australian breakthroughs here, with warnings more investment is needed to stop our talent heading overseas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would have had to have moved offshore had it not been for the support that we\u2019ve received from the federal government and local investment,\u201d Giles said.<\/p>\n

And what\u2019s at stake isn\u2019t just jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also risk the lives of Australian patients and how quickly they can access the best and most effective treatments,\u201d Le Grice said.<\/p>\n

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