Blog Topic: Research
Australia could further reduce cervical cancer incidence and mortality by offering self-collection more widely.
A new report has revealed the key breakthroughs and milestones that cancer research has achieved in the last 20 years.
Treatments for prostate cancer have a high success rate but there has been limited research into the long-term effects on survivors.
WHO has launched a strategy to eliminate cervical cancer and implement national cervical cancer control plans.
This Daffodil Day, donate to support Cancer Council NSW research into reducing the impact of COVID-19 on cancer in Australia New Cancer Council NSW analysis shows the impacts of COVID-19 could cause a significant increase in the state’s cancer burden through disruptions to cancer prevention, early detection and patient care services. However, lessons from the […]
Australia has one of the highest rates of prostate cancer in the world with over 16,700 men expected to be diagnosed this year alone. Due to improved methods of detection, and a growing and ageing population, the number of men surviving long after diagnosis has been steadily increasing. New research by Cancer Council NSW has […]
While mortality rates from all other cancers are falling or remain static, liver cancer deaths have increased at a higher rate than those of any other cancer in Australia since figures were first published from 1968. Hepatitis B and C infection are the main cause for the unprecedented increase, compounded by other risk factors such […]
Professor Jennifer Martin has been researching into personalised chemotherapy dosing for some time. Now Professor Martin and her team are moving into the trial stage of their research. The dosing study known as the PREDICT (Pathway of Research to Evaluation of Dose-Individualised Cancer Therapy) Program uses new technology to find the ideal chemotherapy dosage for […]
Professor Richard Lock has been a cancer biologist for over 30 years and specialises in leukemia research. Cancer Council NSW has played an important role in his research journey with his first major Australian grant funded by the organisation. Since that first grant his research has advanced, and in 2011 he was awarded another Cancer […]
Cancer Council is proud of our footprint in cancer research. We are committed to conducting and funding research that improves outcomes across the entire cancer journey. We fund more cancer research than any other non-government organisation in Australia. In the past five years alone, Cancer Council NSW has invested $83.6 million into essential cancer research. […]