NSW Cancer Research Achievements Report 2011

Research summaries
14 Jul 2011
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New South Wales is home to several researchers at the cutting-edge of understanding cancer. These dedicated clinicians are discovering new things about cancer all the time, leading us towards better diagnosis, treatment and care for people affected by this disease.

This report reflects just a small part of this work. The researchers featured within have excelled and achieved fantastic things but they are joined by many others who are all helping to drive improvements in cancer control.

Key outcomes

icon-trend-up-green.png 109%

 The number of patients enrolled to trials increased by 109 per cent, from 1054 in 2004 to 2,207 in 2009.
icon-trend-up-green.png 80% The number of patients in follow up on clinical trials has almost doubled from 4,559 in 2004 to 8,194 in 2009.
icon-trend-up-green.png 75% A 75 per cent increase in the total amount of cancer research funding for NSW researchers between the 2004-06 and 2007-09 periods, with $236m of cancer research funding reported for 2007-09.
icon-trend-up-green.png 68% The NSW share of National Health and Medical Research Council project funding proportion is up from 19 per cent in 2005 to 32 per cent in 2008.
icon-trend-up-green.png 16% The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff employed in cancer research groups showed a 16 per cent increase from 1,313.9 FTE identified in 2004-06 to 1,529.1 FTE in 2007-09. This amounts to a 75 per cent increase from the 2001-03 baseline data.
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Cancer
Trials		 The number of cancer trials conducted in NSW increased from 190 actively recruiting in 2004 to 283 actively recruiting in 2009.
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Publications		 The number of NSW cancer research publications has steadily increased from 770 in 2003 to 1,070 in 2006 to 1,484 in 2009. In 2009, researchers in NSW published the largest share of cancer publications of the Australian states (30.5% compared to the next highest 29.8% for Victoria).
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