Specialties
- Cancer
Areas of Interest
- Breast cancer
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney, NSW
Suite 801, St Vincents Clinic
438 Victoria Street
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Biography
A/Prof Rachel Dear MBBS (Hons I), PhD, FRACP is a senior staff specialist and medical oncologist at The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, where she has been dedicated to the care of breast cancer patients for over a decade.
An Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney, Dr Dear’s research focuses on breast cancer dormancy and plasticity, bone health, and the impact of bone fractures on cancer recurrence. She is deeply committed to advancing patient care and improving quality of life. In partnership with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, she leads investigator-initiated clinical trials and brings significant expertise as a principal investigator on numerous industry-sponsored studies.Affiliations & Memberships
- University of New South Wales (Conjoint Lecturer)
- University of Sydney (Senior Lecturer)
- Medical Oncology Group of Australia
- The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia
- Australian and New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group
- Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Group
- Co-operative Trials Group for Neuro-oncology
- The American Society of Clinical Oncology
