A/Prof Ben Tran
Member of: Epworth Cancer Services Clinical Institute
Speciality
Subspeciality
- Medical Oncology
- Genitourinary cancers
Areas of interest
Clinical Trials
About
A/Prof Ben Tran is a medical oncologist based at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre where he leads the Genito-Urinary (GU) medical oncology group and GU clinical trials program. Ben is also Chair of the Phase 1 Group within Cancer Trials Australia, Chair of the Testicular Cancer committee within the national group ANZUP, and leads the GU research group at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical research.
Ben is internationally renowned for his expertise in testicular cancer, and the development of novel therapeutics for GU cancers.
Consulting locations
Consulting Location
Epworth Freemasons Grey St Building
Suite 4.2
124 Grey Street
East Melbourne
VIC
3002
Consulting Location
Peter McCallum Cancer Centre
305 Grattan Street
Melbourne
VIC
3000
Epworth locations
Qualifications
- MBBS University of Melbourne 2002
- FRACP Medical Oncology 2009
- Research Fellowship Urological Cancers and Drug Development 2011
Education and training
- Committee member, Victorian Medical Oncology Training Program
Research
- Identifying gene expression changes associated with chemo-resistance in testicular germ cell tumours
- Feasibility study of using next generation sequencing for molecular profiling in patients with advanced solid cancers
- Differentiating prognostic impact of tumoural versus systemic inflammation in early stage colorectal cancer
Professional Associations
- ASCO
- MOGA
- ANZUP
- RACP