Thank you for committing to #ROCKTHECHOP
Every dollar raised makes a huge difference to people living with cancer
$50
- Ensures a cancer health professional is available on 13 11 20 - our free, confidential phone service to support those in need.
- Helps provide a wig or turban to a cancer patient who is undergoing treatment.
$100
- Helps provide accommodation for cancer patients, their families and carers during treatment.
- Contributes to purchasing the fuel required to run our volunteer transport shuttle service for a week.
$250
- Helps to provide laboratory supplies used in discovering new cancer treatments.
- Helps provide financial assistance to a cancer patient who has been unable to work or is struggling financially.
$500
- Helps fund clinical trials to ensure cancer patients have access to new treatments and receive the best care.
- Helps support annual training of volunteers who provide support those affected by cancer.
$1,000
- Helps to provide 10 nights of accommodation for a patient and carer.
- Helps fund research to develop new drugs to stop the spread of cancer through the body.
$5,000
- Helps develop new computerised methods for early detection of skin cancer.
- Helps furnish a room for families to stay in at one of our six accommodation lodges when they need to travel away from home for treatment.
The Facts
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The most common cancers in Australia (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) are prostate, breast, colorectal, melanoma and lung cancer.
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1 in 2 Australian men and women will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85.
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An estimated 150,000 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in Australia this year.
Our Impact
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In the 1980s, the cancer survival rate was less than 50%. Today, there is a 70% survival rate for Australians diagnosed with cancer.
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61,000 Australians have been saved in the past 20 years thanks to cancer research.
* Services offered by Cancer Council vary between states and territories
