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Ian Olver has been the Chief Executive Officer of Cancer Council of Australia since May 2006. Previously he was the Cancer Council Professor of Cancer Care, University of Adelaide and Clinical Director, Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Centre.
He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1976, where he later completed and MD in 1991. His PhD was in bioethics at Monash University in 1997. His medical oncology training was at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne and the University of Maryland Cancer Centre in Baltimore, USA. He is current chair of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia, is a board member of the National Breast Cancer Centre and The Cancer Council of South Australia and chairs the Medical and Scientific Committee of The Cancer Council of Australia. He has published 145 paper, 15 book chapters and has written two books, Conquering Cancer, Your Guide to Treatment and Research and Is Death Ever Preferable to Life.
Updated March 2009
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HealthInsite Expert View by Prof. Ian Olver. Cancer is the leading cause of premature death in Australia. It occurs when genes that are damaged or faulty cause cells to multiply uncontrollably and form a mass, sometimes known as a tumour. Some cancers can be cured if the tumour is detected and surgically removed before the cancer cells spread.
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