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One in three men and one in four women will develop cancer before the age of 75. 88,000 new cases are diagnosed every year in Australia. In 2003 Cancer was responsible for 19% of the total burden of disease and injury in Australia, with lung, colon, breast and prostate cancers accounting for half of this burden. Other than the sex specific cancers (breast and gynaecological cancers in females and prostate cancer in males), men generally have a greater share of the burden from colon and lung cancer. The AIHW report suggested that 80% of the total cancer burden was due to mortality and that the disease, a National Health Priority Area, is likely to remain the largest contributor to the health burden in Australia in the next 20 years.

NHMRC Funding on research into cancer and cancer control issues has grown from less than $30 million (282 active grants) at the start of the current decade to more than $134 million for more than 800 active research grants in 2008.

Calendar Year

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Cancer

$28,945,614

$43,481,432

$52,617,450

$69,209,705

$74,425,558

$87,822,076

$99,353,998

$114,357,775

$134,354,291

Financial Year

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Cancer

$33,168,429

$49,560,037

$60,792,592

$73,811,860

$80,347,609

$93,365,695

$104,898,578

$129,021,222

$120,373,697
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 11/Nov/08 Original

 

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