Tag: cancer research

Cancer Council NSW and the University of Sydney have partnered for a new research initiative.

A Pacific Islander mother and child

Researchers from The Daffodil Centre to co-lead major collaborative cervical cancer program The NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence in Cervical Cancer Control (C4) has announced a first-of-its-kind humanitarian and research effort to eliminate cervical cancer in the Western Pacific.  Within C4, this initiative has been led by Professor Karen Canfell, Director of The Daffodil Centre; Professor Marion Saville, Executive Director, VCS Foundation; Professor […]

Australia is on track to eliminating cervical cancer, but more needs to be done to help Indigenous women.

Ryan and Rebecca Hurst

Ryan Hurst is taking on The March Charge in his late wife’s memory to raise funds for cancer research.

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.

In 2019/2020, we spent a total of $19,736,934 on research across all cancer types.

WHO has launched a strategy to eliminate cervical cancer and implement national cervical cancer control plans.

Prof Karen Canfell

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 […]

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 […]