Blog Topic: Research
At Cancer Council NSW, we get a lot of questions about our research into pancreatic cancer. Despite improvements in survival rates across more common types of cancer, only 6% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will survive past five years. However, the researchers that we fund are making important steps forward in finding the answers […]
It’s NAIDOC Week, and Cancer Council NSW’s Aboriginal web resource is turning one. The website was launched last year to raise cancer awareness, offer support services and provide information for Aboriginal communities around the state. So far the interaction has been really positive. Cancer is the second most common cause of death for Aboriginal people, […]
This National Reconciliation Week, Cancer Council NSW are urgently calling on the NSW Government to increase the Aboriginal workforce in cancer services across the state. We know that the update of the NSW Government’s ‘Good Health – Great Jobs’ NSW Health Aboriginal Workforce Strategic Framework 2011-2015 will be finalised in the first half of this […]
Nearly 50 per cent of cancer patients aren’t offered help for emotional distress How are you doing emotionally? This seems like a question you’d expect when you’re undergoing cancer treatment – but not many people who receive cancer care hear it very often. Up to 1 in 5 cancer patients are never asked about their […]
This year in Australia, it is predicted that 1,900 people will be diagnosed with brain cancer and around 1,385 people will die from the disease. Despite improving survival rates in other types of cancer, brain cancer survival remains poor. Sadly, only around 22 per cent of people diagnosed with this cancer will survive for five […]
Professor Stuart Tangye from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has been funded by Cancer Council NSW since 2002 for his pioneering research on the link between the immune system and cancer. Professor Tangye has just received a brand new grant from Cancer Council NSW, which could ultimately lead to a brand new cancer vaccine. […]
Professor Xu Dong Zhang from the University of Newcastle is a leading melanoma researcher and has become a driving force in unlocking the many mysteries that surround this deadly form of cancer. Thanks to ongoing funding from Cancer Council NSW, he has made some extraordinary breakthroughs that have made international headlines. The major focus of […]
As we recognise National Close the Gap day across the country this week, Cancer Council NSW has renewed calls for an increased Aboriginal cancer workforce to help improve cancer survival in Aboriginal communities. This comes as new Cancer Council NSW research reveals that Aboriginal people are 68 per cent more likely to die from bowel […]
Today is International Women’s Day and this day gives us a chance to stop and celebrate outstanding women making a difference in their field. At Cancer Council NSW, there is one such woman who is quite literally changing the face of cancer. Professor Karen Canfell is an internationally recognised researcher and expert in cervical cancer […]
Cancer Council NSW is excited to announce that around $3.6 million in new funding has been awarded to some of Australia’s most outstanding researchers, who are setting out to reduce the impact of cancer and explore new treatment approaches. Who are the cancer researchers? A total of 10 visionary researchers and their teams were successful […]