When Richard's team developed pioneering treatment for melanoma, he didn't expect he would become the first person in the world to use this experimental therapy on his own, terminal brain tumour.
Joint Australian of the year Professor Richard Scolyer has spent his medical career saving the lives of people with melanoma.
Then suddenly last year, the ... Show More
Apr 21
Encore: How I came to work with the lions who live in trees
Alex Braczkowski is a big cat expert and for years he's been following a rare group of tree-climbing lions, including the charismatic, enigmatic, three-legged Jacob.Alex fell in love with animals by accident, he'd just been expelled and while his parents were trying to find him a ... Show More
51 m
Jan 2025
Brainstorm with Richard Scolyer
Co-Medical Director of the Melanoma Institute Australia, Professor Richard Scolyer AO is a world-leading clinician and researcher who has spent years alongside his colleagues transforming melanoma treatment, Australia’s deadliest cancer. At the peak of his career, his world was t ... Show More
1h 13m
Aug 2024
The man who defied a brain cancer diagnosis
When scientist Richard Scolyer was diagnosed with a rare and terminal brain cancer, he was expected to live just 14 months. But an experimental treatment devised by his colleague and friend, Georgina Long, changed those odds. Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can r ... Show More
13 m
Oct 2025
Life After Cancer Treatment: What You Should Know
When someone finishes a cancer treatment, it can feel like the end of the story. For many, it may just be the beginning–risk of recurrence looms, long-term medications (and their side effects) begin, and it’s hard to get your bearings. What do you really need to know?In this cand ... Show More
39m 37s
Feb 2025
Crushing Cancer: Managing A Cancer Diagnosis
Sometimes, when you are diagnosed with a disease, that initial diagnosis comes from an Emergency Room Doctor. But what if that diagnosis might be cancer? Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard talks with Dr. Kerry Forrestal, who for the past twenty years has worked in trauma centers as an atte ... Show More
28m 33s
Sep 2025
Episode 65. Circulating Tumor DNA in DLBCL with Dr. Ash Alizadeh and Dr. David Russler-Germain
In this episode of Blood Cancer Talks, hosts Eddie, Ashwin, and Raj welcome two distinguished experts to explore the cutting-edge field of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in B-cell lymphomas. Dr. David Russler-Germain, a lymphoma clinician from Siteman Cancer Centre at Washington U ... Show More
53m 8s
Jun 2024
Cancer Prevention with Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy, MD
<p>Today I am speaking with <strong>Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy, MD. Dr. Connealy is </strong>absolutely<strong> </strong>amazing, and I was so interested to have her on the podcast because of her incredible experience and philosophy on cancer prevention. </p>
<p>We discuss cancer ra ... Show More
1h 3m
Jan 2018
Hematology (BLOOD) with Brian Durie
<p>Bloooood. In this special episode, Alie sits down with Scotsman and hematologist Dr. Brian Durie to talk about blood: what it is, and what can go wrong. As an oncologist, Dr. Durie is a leading researcher in multiple myeloma, a disease that's deeply affected Alie's family. So ... Show More
48m 19s