Four ways to improve your cancer care
Updates on what is happening in NSW to reduce the impact of cancer
The caretaker period for the NSW Election commences on 1 March 2019.
People with cancer could have access to safer, more effective and more accessible treatments through NSW-based research into radiotherapy technologies.
People with leukaemia and lymphoma could have better access to new immunotherapy treatments through a project from the University of Sydney.
Since 2003, the Cancer Institute NSW has been working together with all those in the NSW cancer sector to lessen the impact of cancer in the community
The five-year cancer survival rate in NSW continues to improve and is on par with the best health systems in the world
From 2007 to 2016, the NSW adult smoking rate fell by almost 5% to 15% of the surveyed population.
Overall in NSW, there are eight enrolments into cancer clinical trials for every 100 people newly diagnosed with cancer during the same year.
85% of people receiving cancer care in NSW reported a very good overall rating.