Your donation gives clinicians time to find a cure
In Australia:
Each year over
162,000
Australians diagnosed
Almost
137
die each day
By the age of 85
2 in 5
have cancer
Cancer is relentless, but so are the gifted researchers at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH)
Every day in Australia, a staggering 440 people are diagnosed with cancer. That is more than 162,000 men and women.
162,163 =
88,892 males
+
73,181 females
Another 136 will die. In total, 49,996 people every year.
49,996 =
28,022 males
+
21,974 females
Around 2 in 5 people (or 43%) will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85. *
This could include you, your children, your extended family, or your loved ones.
* Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Cancer Data in Australia 2022
We are working to saves lives every day whether it's through clinical trials or in our cancer ward. Every donation makes a difference to the quality and quantity of potentially life-saving cancer research projects that we can undertake.
– Associate Professor Glen Kennedy
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) Cancer Care Services Executive Director
World-leading RBWH cancer excellence
RBWH Cancer Care Service has been named one of the top 100 cancer care centres in the world and one of only three Australian centres on the list (Newsweek 2022).
RBWH boasts the largest cancer centre in Queensland. Its Cancer Care Service is one of only six adult centres in Australia accredited for CAR-T collection and administration, and the only centre in Queensland with this expertise. No other Australian cancer centre has onsite manufacturing and delivery of CAR-T cell therapy. The RBWH Cancer Care Service also conducts numerous clinical trials every year.
Game changing world-class research at RBWH and the Herston Health Precinct is investigating new treatments for most cancers, including:
- Leukaemia
- Bladder cancer
- Bone cancer
- Bowel cancer
- Brain cancer
- Breast cancer
- Gynaecological cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Liver cancer
- Lymphoma
- Mesothelioma
- Myeloma
- Neuroendocrine tumours
- Oesophageal cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Skin cancer
- Stomach cancer
- Thryoid cancer
- Uterine cancer
- Head and neck cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
Supporting research powerhouses at the Herston Health Precinct
In addition to the RBWH, the Herston Health Precinct has over 30 Research Institutes and Centres. One of the innovative research powerhouses which is supported by the RBWH Foundation is called The Comprehensive Breast Cancer Institute.
The Comprehensive Breast Cancer Centre is transforming cancer care with life changing innovations including a world-first breast scaffold surgery using a 3D printed dissolvable implant.
The Comprehensive Breast Cancer Centre is an Australian-first, bringing together professionals involved with breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, primary care providers, researchers and the community. The service model will ensure high quality comprehensive accessible care is available for all patients with breast cancer and other breast diseases.
Your donation can support life-saving projects being developed by the Comprehensive Breast Cancer Institute, as well as projects covering most types of cancer.
"We thought it was a pimple. It was cancer."
Upper Caboolture grandmother, Vicki, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of skull base cancer, after learning a lump on her nose was a tumour travelling directly between her eyes towards her brain.
“My life was going along really nicely then one ordinary day, a doctor is mentioning my name with the C word in it.”
Because of the complex surgery needed to remove the tumour, Vicki’s face had to be completely reconstructed. Her faith was left entirely in the hands of her medical team.
“The work they have done on my face is remarkable.”
The majority of skull base tumours develop from skin cancer, and as you may already be aware, Queensland has the highest rates in Australia of this deadly disease. Skull base cancer is just one of the many cancers and diseases RBWH researchers are working tirelessly to cure.
“You never think it can happen to you, but it can happen to anybody, so we need to put as much money into research as we possibly can. We need to reduce the impact of some of the cancer treatments and find better treatments and a cure.”
Your donation could help improve survival rates for patients like Vicki.
A monthly gift will help support a diverse range of extraordinary cancer research opportunities that would otherwise go unfunded
While every donation makes a difference, regular gifts are the most powerful way to help ensure life-saving research continues. This research has potential to save lives and improve health throughout Australia and internationally, through a strong global collaboration.
