Through its Australian Cancer Network (ACN), Cancer Council Australia collaborates with professional bodies across the spectrum, from basic science through medical and nursing care to public health. More than 70 interest groups assist with the development and evaluation of clinical guidelines to improve cancer management throughout Australia.
Our clinical partner, the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia, is the peak multidisciplinary organisation representing healthcare professionals working in cancer.
Cancer Voices Australia is a national consumer organisation representing Australians affected by cancer. Cancer Council directly supports Cancer Voices Australia by contributing to its staffing and infrastructure.
Cancer Council also collaborates with:
We also collaborate with a number of public health non-governmental organisations such as the Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance, Smokefree Australia, the Australian Fruit and Vegetable Coalition, the Coalition on Food Advertising to Children, the Coalition for a Healthy Australian Food Supply and the National Alliance for Action on Alcohol.
In 2005, Cancer Council became one of the founding supporters of the Parents Jury, a web-based initiative giving a voice to parents concerned about childhood obesity.