‘Future of cancer treatment’ has just been approved

Reproduced from The Australian 7 June 2023 Natasha Robinson – Health Editor A new treatment, dubbed “the future of cancer therapy”, has been approved to treat a type of blood cancer in a step doctors are hailing as the beginning of a “total paradigm shift” in cancer care for the sickest patients who have failed … Continued

Vale Dr John Tandy

1949 – 2022. On 7 September 2022, Snowdome lost a much loved and admired member of our family, Dr John Tandy. John is the father of co-founder Rob Tandy, and his diagnosis of multiple myeloma in 2009 was the catalyst and part of the first chapter in the Snowdome story. Our vision is bound together … Continued

2023 MY Mount Eliza Festival Raises $70k for Myeloma Research

The 2023 My Mount Eliza Run & Fun Festival was a resounding success. Over 600 participants, plus many four-legged friends, ran or walked the course, raising $70,000 for valuable myeloma research. This takes the total raised through the Festival to an incredible $390,000 since first taking place in 2017. Geoff Nyssen, personally affected by multiple … Continued

Making CAR-T Cell Therapy and Clinical Trials More Accessible

In laboratories around the country and the world, Australian researchers and clinicians are striving to find new blood cancer treatments to make it a curable disease for all. We are proud to support one such researcher, Queensland’s clinician scientist, Dr Siok Tey, who is recognised nationally and internationally for her work in bone marrow transplantation … Continued

Indolent Lymphoma – Research into a Tailored Treatment Pathway

Meet Dr Josh Tobin, Lymphoma Researcher and inaugural Snowdome Foundation Haematology Fellow. Dr Tobin has a special interest in indolent lymphoma, a type of slow growing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Although incurable, many of those diagnosed will not require treatment but for those who do, some will relapse and experience aggressive disease. The goal of Dr Tobin’s … Continued

Small Charity of the Year and Volunteer of the Year Awards

The Snowdome Foundation and passionate volunteer, Geoff Nyssen were honoured at the 2022 Third Sector Awards, a national award celebrating and recognising the best not-for-profit practices around Australia. Winning the Small Charity of the Year and Volunteer of the Year Awards is a significant recognition of the passion and commitment of all within Snowdome and … Continued