A Shorten Labor Government will invest $125 million in a fund to fight cancer \u2013 giving our world-class researchers additional resources in their search for a cure.
\nOne in two Australians will be diagnosed with cancer\u2013 that\u2019s 150,000 who will be given the news that they will have to fight cancer, every year.
\nThat\u2019s why Labor will provide more investment in critical funding for our researchers \u2013 an additional $125 million towards the fight for a cure, over and above existing resources such as the MRFF and NHMRC.
\nAs a part of this commitment, Labor will invest $20 million towards pancreatic cancer research.
\nPancreatic cancer will be Australia\u2019s second biggest cancer killer in five years \u2013 killing almost as many people each year as breast cancer.
\nSadly, the five year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is less than ten per cent.
\nThere are no clear symptoms and no early detection tests, and pancreatic cancer is resistant to conventional treatment including chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
\nLabor\u2019s funding injection will mean the Avner Pancreatic Cancer Foundation can implement a comprehensive Pancreatic Cancer Medical Research Strategy to develop ways of detecting pancreatic cancer earlier and understand why the cancer is resistant to conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
\nThis funding will also allow researchers to look at new treatments for pancreatic cancer to improve the survival rate and unravel the tragic mysteries of this cancer.
\nThis investment is a part of Labor\u2019s Medicare Cancer Plan \u2013 our plan to support Australians battling cancer and cut their out-of-pocket costs. Every Australian deserves quality health care when and where they need it \u2013 your bank balance or your postcode should not be barriers to whether you get access to the best health care. Unfortunately under the Liberals\u2019 savage cuts to Medicare, out-of-pocket costs have increased across the board for GP consultations, specialist consultations and critical cancer procedures.
\nScott Morrison has cut $3 billion from the pockets of patients with his Medicare freeze and $715 million from public hospitals \u2013 locking in further cuts until 2025. Labor will reverse the Liberals\u2019 cuts to health, address rising out-of-pocket costs, fund the best cancer care and provide more support for our world-class researchers to step up the fight against cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $125 million in a fund to fight cancer \u2013 giving our world-class researchers additional resources in their search for a cure. One in two Australians will be diagnosed with cancer\u2013 that\u2019s 150,000 who will be given the news that they will have to fight cancer, every year. That\u2019s why … Continue reading “LABOR $125 MILLION CANCER RESEARCH BOOST”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}