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Cancer Council Australia is a national, nonprofit organisation which aims to promote cancer-control policies and to reduce the illness caused by cancer in Australia.It advises various groups, including the government, on cancer-related issues, acts as an advocate for cancer patients and their friends, and is a major funding contributor towards health research, prevention and education.
The Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria was established by the Victorian Government in 1936 through the Anti-Cancer Council Act. [2] This act specified that the newly established council should remain independent of the government. Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop and Sir Peter MacCallum have been notable Chairs of the Cancer Council Executive Committee.
Cancer Council Queensland is Queensland's foremost anti-cancer organisation. It is an independent, community-based charity and is not government funded. Cancer Council aims to reduce the impact of cancer—particularly the suffering it causes—and ultimately to eliminate the disease, by raising funds to advance cancer research; improve cancer treatment; support people with cancer, their ...
An early wooden sign for the National Cancer Institute Members of the first National Advisory Cancer Council at the groundbreaking ceremonies of the NCI's building 6 in Bethesda, Maryland (June 1938) August 5, 1937: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the National Cancer Institute Act (Pub.
Alan Stuart Coates (born 27 June 1943) is an Australian professor of clinical oncology, medical researcher and administrator.He was the inaugural CEO of the Cancer Council Australia (1998–2006), [1] former president of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA), [2] and co-chair of the St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference. [3]
The British Empire Cancer Campaign (BECC) was founded in 1923, and initially drew a hostile response from ICRF and the Medical Research Council, who considered it a rival. [ 8 ] [ 10 ] "The Campaign", as it was colloquially known, became a very successful and powerful grant-giving body.
MAKNA (Majlis Kanser Nasional) or National Cancer Council Malaysia is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to reducing the pain, suffering and morbidity that cancer patients often experience. The organization provides curative care , preventive care , cancer research , and support services to cancer patients and their families, high-risk ...
The society was founded on May 22, 1913, by ten physicians and five businessmen in New York City under the name "American Society for the Control of Cancer" (ASCC). [4] [5] The current name was adopted in 1944. [6]