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Cancer data is key to improving cancer outcomes.

Improving collection/access/analysis and reporting of national cancer data will help better understand unwarranted variations in cancer outcomes across the Australian population.

Cancer reports
Cancer Australia, in collaboration with the AIHW have produced a number of statistical cancer reports.
Data projects
Cancer data is key to improving cancer outcomes. Improving collection/ access/ analysis and reporting of national cancer data will help better understand unwarranted variations in cancer outcomes across the Australian population.
Cancer in Australia statistics
All cancers combined incorporates ICD-10 cancer codes C00–C96 (Malignant neoplasms of specific sites) with mortality also incorporating C97, D45 (Polycythaemia), D46 (Myelodysplastic syndromes), and D47.1, D47.3, D47.4 and D47.5 (Myeloproliferative diseases); but excludes basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the skin. BCC and SCC, the most common skin cancers, are not notifiable diseases in Australia and are not reported in the Australian Cancer Database.
Last updated 29 January 2025
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