The number of new cancer cases diagnosed in Australia each year passed the 100,000 mark for the first time in 2005 and the number of new cases in 2008 is estimated to be over 108,000, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 'Cancer already has a major impact on the health system and this looks set to continue. The number of cancer-related hospital admissions is projected to increase by over 23,000 per year in the short term, and this doesn't include cancer-related sessions in the outpatient setting,' said Ms Christine Sturrock of the Institute's Health Registers and Cancer Monitoring Unit.
Two recent reports from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2008 and National Bowel Cancer Screening Program monitoring report 2008, look at the problems to be faced with the increasing number of cancer diagnoses.
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