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Daffodil Circle On Monday 17th June Daffodil Circle held a private screening of Baz Lurhmann’s “The Great Gatsby” for members and their guests at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Cremorne.
in hand to hear from Special Guest speaker Dr David Simar Chief Investigator on the Helping childhood cancer survivors thrive research study.
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Information & Support Services and Sam Thorp from our Research department and they really enjoyed having a chat over canapés with members of the Daffodil Circle.
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Then it was time for the main event and Baz Lurhmann delighted us with his adaptation of The Great Gatsby.
The evening saw an unprecedented number of members participate in the event. “It was wonderful to see so many of our valued members” said Bequest Manager Mary Saffo. Pre-show we had two roaming Cancer Council NSW Experts Lorna O’Brien from Cancer
We headed into the cinema with our choc top and popcorn
Luhrmann’s Most Successful film BAZ Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby has surpassed $300 million at the global box office The Australian director's screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel has proved his most successful film to date after his last feature, Australia, raked in
around $210 million globally in 2008. "It is tremendously fulfilling for the entire team - cast and crew, all of whom laboured to overcome so many obstacles to reveal the power and beauty of F. Scott Fitzgerald's almost 90year-old classic novel - to see
such an extraordinary response from audiences of all ages and in all countries throughout the world," Luhrmann said in a statement.
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Helping childhood cancer survivors thrive Childhood cancers now have a survival rate of over 80%, thanks to powerful treatments and sensitive diagnostics. However a full two thirds of survivors develop severe complications by the time they become adults, mostly metabolic problems like type II diabetes. Radiation therapy seems to be the cause, but exactly why it does this to the body remains a mystery.
Dr David Simar
Our special guest speaker Dr David Simar is a chief investigator on Professor Edna
Hardeman’s team. This multidisciplinary team suspect that epigenetic mutations (small modifications to how DNA works) caused by radiation damage may be to blame. By studying how the DNA of childhood cancer survivors is different from the average person, they hope to find exactly what genes are affected. The researchers have already changed the way that childhood cancer patients are treated, minimising the type of radiation most likely to cause complications.
Now they hope that, by understanding which genes are affected by radiation, that they can detect metabolic problems early and prevent problems before they begin. During the evening it was great to hear directly from a chief investigator on one of the many research projects funded by Cancer Council NSW. Cancer Council NSW supports research for every stage of the cancer journey.
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Hayden Orpheum Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace
The Hayden Orpheum at Cremorne began life as The Orpheum on October 3, 1935. It was, at the time, a much grander movie theatre than most suburban movie houses, it was built as
a theatre, and could screen films or live cast musicals for its 1735 seats, over two levels. Backstage there were dressing rooms, an orchestra pit, and a functioning fly-tower to store and ‘fly’ scenery. It was a proper ‘legit’ stage and played host to the Australian
ballet etc. Loving attention was paid to art deco restoration and creation. A spectacularly restored Hayden Orpheum opened on December 9, 1987 Cancer Council NSW would like to thank the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace for their generous support.
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Helpline 13 11 20 Many of you may have met and had a chat with one of our Cancer Council NSW Experts Lorna O’Brien during our “Ask Me” session over canapés.
Lorna is the Helpline Program Manager at Cancer Council. The Helpline Consultants take calls every day about different aspects of cancer, their role is to provide information and support to callers to the 13 11 20 number about any concern in relation to cancer. Of the 16, 500 calls received each year, there are calls that stay in the
mind of the Helpline Consultants, either because of the complexity of the call or because of the very tragic events surrounding the caller and what they are going to face. Margy called as she had just opened her test results, she asked me not to go mad on her as she knows that it is the Dr that should open the results not her. Her sadness was that the pathology results showed her cancer had returned, and was in an advanced stage, giving her a very poor prognosis. Margy wanted to talk to someone before she spoke with her family, she was very distressed and wasn’t sure what to do. We spoke about advanced cancer and what this can mean in planning the future. We spoke about her wishes as she did not want to have chemotherapy and go through this painful awful period
again. Margy was reassured that we assisted with an immediate plan, gave her the words to talk with her family and gave her a sense of the here and now.
Do you have questions about cancer? Call 13 11 20