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About

Ben leads the Genito-Urinary (GU) research program within the Gibbs Lab at WEHI. His team focuses on generating Real World Evidence (RWE) to change practice in GU cancers.

Ben is also a medical oncologist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre where he leads the GU medical oncology group and trials program. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne. Ben also chairs the Phase 1 Trials Group within Cancer Trials Australia and the Germ Cell Tumour group within ANZUP.

At WEHI, Ben leads multi-national registries in Prostate cancer, Urothelial cancer, Testis cancer and Kidney cancer. Data from these registries have been utilized to describe treatment patterns, identify clinical and tissue-based biomarkers and inform future research strategies. Ben has expanded the out-reach of these registries to Asia, with sites now contributing from Singapore and Korea. Ben is recognized globally for his leadership in RWE in GU cancers. Ben is also internationally recognized as an expert in testicular cancer, utilizing his RWE leadership to drive pragmatic clinical trials aimed at improving long term outcomes for testicular cancer survivors.

Ben also leads the early development of novel therapeutics in GU cancers. He is globally respected for his knowledge and expertise in early phase, first time in human clinical trials. His role within developmental therapeutics is essential in connecting scientists to clinicians and facilitating a bench to bedside and back to bench approach to cancer research.

Publications

Selected publications from A/Prof Ben Tran

Catto JWF, Daneshmand S, Zaucha R, Tran B, Master V, Lotan Y, Pignot G, Tubaro A, Shimizu N, Vasdev N, Lee EK, Procopio G, Galanternik F, Fischer DS, Levin TG, Zhang J, Thomas S, Stone N, Triantos S, Beeharry N. A0591 Longitudinal assessment of urine tumor DNA in high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer patients. European Urology. 2026;89:10.1016/s0302-2838(26)00642-1

Harris W, Shirley S, Liow E, Tan A, Jacobs C, Fong P, Fu S, Tan E, Waldron N, Weickhardt A, Wong S, Tran B, Lawrence N. Real-World Outcomes in Advanced Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Retrospective Analysis Comparing New Zealand and Australian Cohorts.JCO Global Oncology. 2026;12(3):10.1200/go-25-00384

Anton A, Steer C, Arasaratnam M, Torres J, Weickhardt A, Warren M, Mislang ARA, Azad AA, Linton A, Smith A, Rai S, Hong W, Gibbs P, Tran B. Registry-based randomised phase II study of Enzalutamide versus Abiraterone: assessing cognitive function in eLderly patients with metastatic castration-resistant Prostate cancer (REAL-Pro). ESMO Real World Data and Digital Oncology. 2026;11:10.1016/j.esmorw.2025.100677

Pan HY-C, Shi W, Mulholland C, Conduit C, Tran B, Hitchen N, Lawrentschuk N, Thomas B. Primary retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for clinical stage IIA/B metastatic seminoma: A multi-centre Australian experience.Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2026;44(7_suppl):10.1200/jco.2026.44.7_suppl.601

2026;

Tran B, Voskoboynik M, Kim S-W, Lemech C, Carcereny E, Rha SY, Ahn M-J, Felip E, Lee KH, Castañón Álvarez E, Yang JC-H, Ascierto PA, Provencio Pulla M, Kondo S, Kuboki Y, Freeman D, Song X, Blando J, Eck S, Song FJ, Tang Z, Kuziora M, Gainer SD, Mitchell P, Asare J, Ayyoub A, Achour I, Subramaniam DS, Im S-A. Safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and preliminary efficacy from a first-in-human study of volrustomig, a novel PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody.Clinical Cancer Research. 2026;:10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-25-3447

Conduit C, Bagrodia A, Hamilton RJ, Feldman DR, Tran B. Optimal Management of Stage II Seminoma: Preventing Harm While Preserving Cure. JCO Oncology Practice. 2026;22(2):10.1200/op-25-00252

Lemelin A, Zarba M, Takemura K, Wells JC, Chehade REH, Donskov F, Porta C, De Velasco G, Davis ID, Wood LA, Pal SK, Hansen AR, Tran B, Bjarnason GA, Li H, Kanesvaran R, Powles T, McKay RR, Choueiri TK, Heng DYC. Attrition Rates in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC) Following First Line Immunotherapy-Based Treatment: Results From the International mRCC Database Consortium (IMDC). Clinical Genitourinary Cancer. 2026;24(1):10.1016/j.clgc.2025.102484

Daneshmand S, Zaucha R, Catto JWF, Tran B, Master V, Lotan Y, Pignot G, Tubaro A, Shimizu N, Vasdev N, Lee EK, Procopio G, Galanternik F, Crow L, Deprince K, Naini V, Triantos S, Baig M, Zhu W, Maranchie JK. Erdafitinib in Patients with High- and Intermediate-risk Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Final Analysis of THOR-2 Study. European Urology. 2026;89(2):10.1016/j.eururo.2025.09.4152

Chow KVC, Conduit C, O’Haire S, Kuchel A, Wong S, Grimison P, Weickhardt A, Pranavan G, Lynam J, Bastick P, Goh J, Sengupta S, Smith A, Liow E, Campbell D, Wong M, Zlatic K, Gibbs P, Tran B, Gan CL. Extracranial, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors: A Multicenter Australian Case Series. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2026;:10.1111/ajco.70083

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