Latest cancer statistics

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has updated its web pages with the latest data, information and trends for 13 cancers, all cancers combined and cancer in Indigenous Australians.  Over time, the number of new cancers has increased, but the chance of survival has increased from 47% in 1983-7 to 67% in 2008-12. Click on the links below to find the information you need:

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• All Cancers
• Indigenous Australians 
• Bowel cancer
• Breast cancer
• Cervical cancer
• Gynaecological cancer
• Head and neck cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Leukaemia
• Lung cancer
• Lymphoma
• Melanoma 
• Pancreatic cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Uterine cancer