Cancer control plans and reports

Review of cancer control activities in Australia

Cancer Australia has undertaken a review of national cancer control activity.

A consortium of national cancer control and public health organisations were contracted, following an open tender, to complete the review and prepare a report for Cancer Australia. The consortium members were: Cancer Council Australia (lead agency), Cancer Institute NSW, Cancer Voices Australia, Clinical Oncological Society of Australia, Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes, Research & Evaluation (CCORE), National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW, and Sydney Health Projects Group, The University of Sydney.

The audit collates and reviews existing information (published and unpublished) about national cancer control activity in Australia to identify opportunities for building collaboration and capacity, and strengths, gaps and overlaps in activities and effort. The findings will help Cancer Australia and other stakeholders prioritise future cancer control activities.

Download the chartbook and individual chapters of the report as follows:

Chartbook (PDF 6.75MB)

Audit report

Titlepage and citation details (PDF 104KB)
Executive summary (PDF 70KB)
Glossary (PDF 55KB)
List of abbreviations (PDF 70KB)
Chapter one: Overview (PDF 166KB)
Chapter two: Methods (PDF 74KB)
Chapter three: Cancer in Australia (PDF 2.0MB)
Chapter four: Risk factors and prevention (PDF 458KB)
Chapter five: Structure and organisation of cancer services (PDF 857KB)
Chapter six: Screening and early detection (PDF 1.54MB)
Chapter seven: Diagnostic and assessment services (PDF 526KB)
Chapter eight: Multidisciplinary care (PDF 540KB)
Chapter nine: Cancer treatment (PDF 3.42MB)
Chapter ten: Palliative care (PDF 1.17MB)
Chapter eleven: Supportive and psychosocial care (PDF 1.47MB)
Chapter twelve: Cancer rehabilitation services (PDF 75KB)
Chapter thirteen: Quality of care (PDF 1.57MB)
Chapter fourteen: Participation in clinical trials (PDF 1.4MB)
Chapter fifteen: Consumer participation (PDF 942KB)
Chapter sixteen: Information on cancer control activity (PDF 397KB)
Chapter seventeen: Conclusions (PDF 140KB)

Cancer control plans and reports

Australia’s government and community cancer organisations have produced many plans to improve cancer control in Australia and reports about different initiatives, strategies and recommendations to reduce the impact of cancer.

In this section we list key plans and reports and provide links to the documents, or information about where to obtain copies wherever possible.

Updated 14 Dec 2010