Investment in research by organisations like Cancer Council has helped increase cancer survival rates to 69% today.
And, thanks to those who support us, Cancer Council is the largest non-government funder of cancer research in Australia.
As a charity, we need your help to be the Power behind the Flower, allowing us to continue funding life-saving research into all cancers. Thanks to generous donations from people like you, amazing advancements have been made in cancer prevention, screening and treatment.
Meet Australia's brightest cancer research minds
Childhood Leukaemia
Over decades of research, Professor Murray Norris and his team have made life-saving breakthroughs that have improved survival rates in children diagnosed with leukaemia.
Cervical cancer
Thanks to people like you, Australia will be the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035.
Personalised cancer treatments
Dr Madelé van Dyk is leading an Australian first research project aimed at perfecting personalised treatments for cancer patients.
Immunotherapy
Associate Professor Alexander Swarbrick and his team aim to develop new immunotherapy strategies for metastatic breast cancer, thereby reducing the mortality of this disease.
Childhood cancer
Professor Joanne Aitken leads the Australian Childhood Cancer Registry, a critical Australian research tool driving major cancer research discoveries both here and overseas.
