Research is key to the mission of Cancer Council Queensland - research to further our understanding of the causes and prevention of cancer, to improve our ability to diagnose cancer early, to optimise the management of cancer and to improve the lives of cancer patients and their families. The research conducted by our own Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control is vital to this mission.

In 2008 Cancer Council Queensland will spend nearly $9 million on research including more than $4 million in external grants. All research Cancer Council Queensland conducts and funds is only possible because of the generous support of the research community and the Queensland public through bequests, donations and support of our fundraising events.

Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control
Queensland Cancer Registry

Queensland Cancer Statistics On-line (QCSOL)
Queensland Co-operative Oncology Group
Research projects funded by The Cancer Council Queensland
Funding opportunities for researchers

9th Behavioural Research in Cancer Control Conference

2008 Research funding

Research grants are made following a competitive, peer-reviewed assessment from funds derived from fundraising, donations, bequests and merchandise sales. Click here to view research funded by Cancer Council Queensland in 2008.

Cancer Council Australia has published its first national Research Highlights report.

The report profiles some of the hundreds of research projects funded by the Cancer Council each year and introduces the people behind the research, as they discuss their efforts to better understand cancer, improve the prevention and early detection of the disease as well as improve treatments and the quality of life of cancer patients.

Research is the Cancer Council’s largest single investment with a commitment of $49 million in 2008.

This commitment to research of such breadth and depth is only made possible through the support of donations and fundraising. The report illustrates the significant contribution that Cancer Council donors and supporters have made to furthering cancer research in Australia.