National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers

The National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers is an Australian Government initiative to improve outcomes for women affected by gynaecological cancers and their families and caregivers. It has been established by Cancer Australia.

The Centre's role is to provide national leadership to improve outcomes for women with gynaecological cancers and increase awareness and education about gynaecological cancers for medical and allied health professionals.

Cancer Australia has established the National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers Advisory Group to provide expert advice regarding the issues and activities related to gynaecological cancers and the ongoing work of the Centre.

The following links provide information relating to the Centre's development of:

• Consumer information and resources;
• Clinical practice guidelines;
• Professional development resources;
• A study to identify current referral practices for women who may have a gynaecological malignancy, in order to identify opportunities for improvement
• Defined data sets for improved information gathering;
• Initiatives to strengthen the gynaecological cancers workforce and service provision; as well as
• the Centre's funding of research, support groups and fellowships.

You can also:

• Read information about gynaecological cancers in Australia
• Find out more about the Centre's origins and objectives
• Download a brochure on the National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers (PDF 614KB)
• Read the Final Report of the Evaluation of the National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers to June 2010 (PDF 440KB)
• Read our most recent newsletter (PDF 341KB)