ACN's key objectives are to:
- Offer advice on cancer-related health outcomes to a range of interest groups (including professionals, government, community organisations and people affected by cancer)
- Consult with interest groups and stakeholders
- Become a clearinghouse for information concerned with patterns of:
- practice
- treatment outcome indicators
- universal treatment protocols
- development and dissemination of best practice guidelines
- Gain the perspectives and experiences of consumers and cancer care providers
- Improve the delivery of cancer services and care
- Support efforts to develop a national cancer control plan