BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE

Ms Annabel Crabb is one of Australia’s most beloved journalists. She is a multi-faceted writer
and broadcaster who ranges between federal politics, gender, current affairs, history and
cooking and is a sought-after speaker and presenter for her incisive and humorous
approach.

She is the creator and presenter of Ms Represented, and of the long-running political
interview series Kitchen Cabinet, a seventh season of which will air in 2023. She wrote and
presented the ground-breaking documentary series on life inside Australia’s Parliament
House, The House With Annabel Crabb. She also hosts ABC’s popular Australian history and
food series, Back In Time For Dinner. Annabel is a regular face on ABC TV’s election night
and Budget broadcasts and has a long history of appearances on ABC’s Insiders program,
including a stint as acting host in 2019.

She is a regular commentator across the ABC’s radio network. With friend and ABC
colleague Leigh Sales, Annabel hosts the podcast Chat 10 Looks 3, an independent podcast
in which the pair discusses books, film, culture, and cooking. Their first book together, Well Hello, was published in September 2021. Annabel won a Walkley Award for her
biographical work “Stop At Nothing: The Life And Adventures Of Malcolm Turnbull” and
has written several books including 2014 bestseller The Wife Drought.

Annabel boasts the awkward distinction of being Twitter’s most-followed Australian
journalist, with an audience of over half a million.

Professor Sherene Loi is a Medical Oncologist specialising in breast cancer treatment as well as a clinician scientist with expertise in genomics, immunology and drug development.

She is the Head of the Translational Breast Cancer Genomics and Therapeutics laboratory at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, as well as Consultant Medical Oncologist in the Breast Service and head of the Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Unit.

As a result of her research, Professor Loi has led a number of international breast cancer clinical trials in immunotherapy. She has published over 270 peer-reviewed research articles with a lifetime H index of 94 and recent work has been highly influential with 44,000 total citations, 73% within the past 5 years (Google Scholar).

Professor Prue Francis is a breast cancer clinician researcher committed to improving the outcomes and care for patients with early and advanced breast cancer through clinical trials, associated translational research and education. She has focused much of her research on randomized breast cancer clinical trials, that have included prospective tissue collection to enable future translational research.

Professor Francis is known for her development and leadership of the international SOFT and TEXT breast cancer trials that have led to changes in international practice in the management of young women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer.

Lesley is a clinical psychologist and consults in the Breast Service and Familial Cancer Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital as well as in private practice. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne.

Leslie is the Chair of the Breast Cancer Trials Consumer Advisory Panel and has a personal history of breast cancer. Leslie also participated in the TEXT clinical trial.