Cancer Australia

{{Short description|Australian government agency}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}}

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| name = Cancer Australia

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| type = Governmental organisation

| founded_date = 2006

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| founder = Government of Australia

| location = Surry Hills, New South Wales

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| key_people = Prof. Dorothy Keefe PSM MD, CEO

| employees = 70{{cite report|title=APS Statistical Bulletin 2015-2016|url=http://www.apsc.gov.au/about-the-apsc/parliamentary/aps-statistical-bulletin/statisticalbulletin1516/table2total|publisher=Australian Public Service Commission|date=September 2016|access-date=3 January 2017|archive-date=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508124206/http://www.apsc.gov.au/about-the-apsc/parliamentary/aps-statistical-bulletin/statisticalbulletin1516/table2total|url-status=dead}}

| area_served = Australia

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| focus = Cancer control

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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.canceraustralia.gov.au/}}

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Cancer Australia is the lead cancer control agency to the Government of Australia.Cancer Australia, [https://canceraustralia.gov.au/about-us "About Us"] The organisation was founded to raise cancer awareness to support those affected by cancer within Australia and its territories. The main focus of the organisation is to advise the Government on cancer control, develop policies, and to assist those living with cancer.Cancer Australia, [https://canceraustralia.gov.au/about-us/strategic-plan-2014-2019 "Strategic Plan 2014-2019"] In order to accomplish this, Cancer Australia works with many government and non-government organisations.

Cancer Australia collaborates with a wide range of groups, including those affected by cancer, service providers with an interest in cancer control, as well as stakeholders. The agency also focuses on populations who experience poorer health outcomes, including Indigenous Australians living in remote areas within Australia. In August 2015 Cancer Australia, along with the Australian Government, launched the first national [http://childrenscancer.canceraustralia.gov.au/ Children's Cancer website].[http://canceraustralia.gov.au/about-us/news/families-dealing-children%E2%80%99s-cancer-get-additional-support Families dealing with children’s cancer to get additional support]