The Co-Chairs of the New Concepts Symposium found the quality of the other three concepts presented to be of equal standing and awarded each a Runner-up Award of $500 and framed certificate.
Dr Andrew Dean of St John of God Hospital, Subiaco WA for his concept ‘Biliary neoplasm, OXaliplatin, Fluorouracil Folinic acid nal‐Irinotecan ChemothErapy for late / advanced tumours (BOXOFFICE)’.
Dr Andrew Oar of Liverpool Hospital NSW for his concept ‘A Feasibility Study using Mfolfirinox And STEreotactic Radiotherapy for Pancreatic cancer with Locally AdvaNced disease (MASTERPLAN)’.
Prof Phillip Clingan of the Illawarra Cancer Care Centre NSW for his concept ‘A Randomised, Multicentre, Open label Phase II Study of novel formulation Deflexifol in combination with Oxaliplatin (Delox) vs FOLFOX in subjects with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer’.