Ramsay Health Care is joining the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) in acknowledging 4 February as World Cancer Day, a day to raise awareness of cancer and encourage its prevention, detection and treatment.
It was estimated that more than 162,000 Australians would be diagnosed with cancer in 2022, and almost 50,000 people would die from the disease.
Ramsay’s Service Line Director of Cancer, Jonathan Cotton, said one aim of World Cancer Day is to reduce preventable deaths from cancer.
“Almost half a million Australians are currently living with some form of cancer. Today we’re encouraging all Australians to go and have the check-up that may have been put off over the last couple of years.”
Mr Cotton said 27 Ramsay Health Care hospitals were currently treating more than 125,000 cancer patients.
“At Ramsay, we’re focussed on ensuring patients have the best possible experience when we treat them for cancer. We know that it can often be confusing for patients to know what services they need to access – which is why we’ve introduced Cancer Care Navigators – to help guide and support patients and their families through their cancer journey.”
Nicola Ware, Head of Research, Integrated Care and Innovation at Ramsay Health Care noted that Ramsay is also actively working to better understand cancer to help develop and improve methods of preventing, diagnosing, and treating the disease.
“Through the Ramsay Research network we currently have around 200 cancer based clinical trials underway. Our research activities are broad and include research that is looking at new ways of diagnosing cancer and new ways of treating cancer,” Ms Ware said.
“Ultimately, we hope the research conducted within Ramsay will lead to better patient outcomes and healthier communities.”
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