Tag: cancer research
Cancer Council NSW is thrilled to announce the allocation of over $6 million in funding for groundbreaking cancer research performed by some of the brightest researchers from around Australia this year. The announcement comes as Cancer Council NSW begins its bold new Cancer Research Strategy, Seeds of Change, with over $40 million committed to cancer research over the next three years through extramural grants, internal research investments and current research partnerships. “Our goal is clear. We want […]
Cancer Council NSW is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Martin Widschwendter, MD, PhD, FRCOG, as the new Director of the Daffodil Centre, at Cancer Council NSW. The Daffodil Centre, a partnership between Cancer Council NSW and the University of Sydney, will be led by Professor Widschwendter working alongside Professor Anne Cust, University of Sydney Director of the Daffodil Centre. An internationally recognised pioneer in women’s cancer prevention and a global […]
A new partnership between Cancer Council NSW and UNSW has established the Australian Research Centre for Cancer Survivorship (ARCCS), launching Thursday 5 February. It’s the first research facility in the world dedicated solely to understanding and improving life after cancer – by putting the person, not the disease, at the centre. Australia has become a global leader in cancer survival, with more than 1.6 million […]
New research from the Daffodil Centre, a partnership between Cancer Council NSW and the University of Sydney, has revealed that while cancer survival rates have improved significantly over the past four decades, people living in disadvantaged areas continue to face poorer outcomes. In fact, the team found that the differences between cancer survival for people […]
Over the past forty years, Australia has seen major improvements in survival rates for those diagnosed with cancer, yet Australians in disadvantaged areas still face a 35% higher death rate following a cancer diagnosis than those in more advantaged areas. A new study from the Daffodil Centre, a partnership between Cancer Council NSW and the […]
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in Australia and the second most common cause of cancer-related death in women in Australia. Each year, more than 20,000 Australians are diagnosed with breast cancer, and over 3,000 people die from the disease. That’s why Associate Professor Pascal Duijf and his team at the […]
Nearly a decade ago, Dr Andrea Smith was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. At the time, she noticed that many cancer support services were not designed with people like her in mind. “I tried to approach several cancer supportive care services, and I found that many of them didn’t really understand what my […]
Australia is setting a gold standard for cervical cancer prevention, and we’re on track to be the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer by 2028. It’s an ambitious goal, and to achieve it, we need to encourage everyone with a cervix to participate in regular cervical screening. Screening is one of the […]
At Cancer Council NSW’s Research Awards 2025, we had the privilege of hearing from Professor Maria Kavallaris AM, Founding Director of the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine at UNSW and Head, Translational Cancer Nanomedicine at Children’s Cancer Institute. Professor Kavallaris is internationally recognised for her research into childhood cancer, in particular high-risk and treatment-resistant tumours. Her […]
This year’s recipient of the 2025 Sally Crossing AM Award is Professor Paul Keall, who leads the Image X Institute at the University of Sydney, for engaging consumers throughout his research which has positively impacted the lives of millions of cancer patients. “We have ample motivation to advance cancer research towards meaningful improvement in the […]