Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health

SACCaN Projects and Collaborations

The South Australian Comprehensive Cancer Network (SACCaN) drives and connects cancer care across the state, from prevention to diagnosis, to treatment and survivorship.

The South Aus­tralian Com­pre­hen­sive Can­cer Net­work (SAC­CaN) con­nects clin­i­cians, researchers, pol­i­cy­mak­ers, ser­vice providers and com­mu­ni­ty organ­i­sa­tions to strength­en and improve can­cer services.

SAC­CaN works to strength­en the can­cer sys­tem by build­ing bet­ter infra­struc­ture, improv­ing access to clin­i­cal tri­als and using data to dri­ve con­tin­u­ous improvement. 

It plays a key role in guid­ing the deliv­ery of the South Aus­tralian Can­cer Plan and the Aus­tralian Can­cer Plan in South Aus­tralia, while align­ing with nation­al efforts through the Aus­tralian Com­pre­hen­sive Can­cer Net­work.

The net­work puts peo­ple affect­ed by can­cer at the cen­tre and focus­es on equi­ty, ensur­ing bet­ter access to ensure all South Aus­tralian can access mod­ern and research-informed can­cer care.

Below you’ll find infor­ma­tion about the SAC­CaN can­cer projects and pro­grams of work led by the CEIH. 

Current projects

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Cancer Navigation

Strength­en­ing can­cer nav­i­ga­tion to help peo­ple move through the health­care sys­tem with clear­er infor­ma­tion, bet­ter coor­di­na­tion, and greater sup­ports for their health and well­be­ing dur­ing and after can­cer treatment.

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Cancer Workforce Wellbeing and Sustainability Initiative

Sup­port­ing can­cer ser­vices across South Aus­tralia to strength­en work­force well­be­ing, with a focus on improv­ing work design, build­ing lead­er­ship capa­bil­i­ty and strength­en­ing gov­er­nance to cre­ate health­i­er, safer and more sup­port­ive workplaces.

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Clinical Trials

Clin­i­cal tri­als are a core part of deliv­er­ing high qual­i­ty can­cer care. This pro­gram of work aims to improve access, con­sis­ten­cy and coor­di­na­tion of can­cer clin­i­cal tri­als across South Australia.

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Optimal Care Pathways (OCPs)

Sup­port­ing more con­sis­tent, high qual­i­ty can­cer care across South Aus­tralia by under­stand­ing how can­cer ser­vices align with evi­dence based Opti­mal Care Path­ways (OCPs).

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Prevention

Focus­ing on pre­vent­ing can­cer and detect­ing it ear­li­er by improv­ing access to screen­ing and pre­ven­tion for com­mu­ni­ties across South Aus­tralia, espe­cial­ly those who face the great­est barriers.

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SACCaN Data and Intelligence

The SAC­CaN Data and Intel­li­gence pro­gram is build­ing a tech­nol­o­gy plat­form bring­ing infor­ma­tion togeth­er to bet­ter under­stand how can­cer care is deliv­ered, and where it can improve.

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South Australian Cancer Plan

Fol­low­ing exten­sive con­sul­ta­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tion across the sec­tor, SA Health has devel­oped the SA Can­cer Plan 2025 – 2029.

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Previous projects and collaborations

Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) Therapy

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Con­tact us at CEIH.​SACCaN@​sa.​gov.​au for more infor­ma­tion about the South Aus­tralian Com­pre­hen­sive Can­cer Network.

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CEIH and SACCaN launch Cancer Workforce Wellbeing and Sustainability Initiative

The CEIH and SAC­CaN are launch­ing the Can­cer Work­force Well­be­ing and Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Ini­tia­tive, a statewide effort designed to strength­en work­force well­be­ing, reten­tion and sus­tain­abil­i­ty across SA can­cer services.

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A HOPEful approach to cancer navigation in South Australia

A new SAC­CaN sub-com­mit­tee, HOPE, is focused on improv­ing can­cer nav­i­ga­tion, sur­vivor­ship and sup­port­ive care by strength­en­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion and con­nec­tions across the health system.

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International Clinical Trial Day – SACCaN cancer networking event

SAC­CaN and the CEIH marked Inter­na­tion­al Clin­i­cal Tri­als Day with a can­cer clin­i­cal tri­als net­work­ing event in Ade­laide, bring­ing togeth­er stake­hold­ers from across the sec­tor to con­nect, share insights and strength­en collaboration.

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Advancing quality in oesophago-gastric cancer care

The CEIH, in part­ner­ship with SAC­CaN, shared progress on the Opti­mal Care Path­ways pro­gram at a recent Upper GI can­cer research meet­ing in Ade­laide, high­light­ing new work to mea­sure and improve the qual­i­ty of oesopha­go-gas­tric can­cer care across SA.

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Optimal Care Pathways for fairer access to cancer care for all South Australians

The CEIH through the South Aus­tralian Com­pre­hen­sive Can­cer Net­work (SAC­CaN) is using Opti­mal Care Path­ways (OCPs) to make access to high qual­i­ty can­cer care fair­er for every­one, no mat­ter where they live.

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$77 million funding agreement announced: SA Comprehensive Cancer Network

SAC­CaN will con­nect exper­tise across the state to embed com­pre­hen­sive can­cer care across the state to dri­ve for­ward South Aus­trali­a’s can­cer care priorities,

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The South Australian Cancer Clinical Research Symposium 2024 discussing the future of cancer treatment and prevention, focussing on equitable access, and local research advancements

Over 200 atten­dees, rep­re­sent­ing our South Aus­tralian local health net­works and uni­ver­si­ties, gath­ered to dis­cuss the future of can­cer treat­ment and pre­ven­tion, focus­ing on equi­table access, and local research advancements.

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Caring Futures Institute Partnership and Cancer Navigation Project

CFI and CEIH are part­ner­ing to devel­op an evi­dence-based state-wide can­cer nav­i­ga­tion frame­work and imple­men­ta­tion plan, led by con­sumers and clinicians.

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Statewide framework for cancer care germline testing

The Statewide Can­cer Clin­i­cal Net­work has iden­ti­fied the need for a statewide frame­work to stan­dard­ise germline test­ing for can­cer patients.

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Hundreds of South Australians help shape approach to cancer care across the state

Can­cer patients along with their fam­i­lies, health­care work­ers, and com­mu­ni­ty groups have been shar­ing their expe­ri­ences and ideas to devel­op a ​‘Can­cer Nav­i­ga­tion Frame­work’ that will help every­one to get the best pos­si­ble care.

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Partnering on the SA Cancer Plan

The CEIH Statewide Can­cer Clin­i­cal Net­work is part­ner­ing with The Depart­ment for Health and Well­be­ing to inform future ser­vice plan­ning, mod­els of care, and sys­tem-wide deci­sions for can­cer care in South Australia.

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Cancer survivor Mark uses his personal experience to advocate for better healthcare as a consumer representative

Mark is pas­sion­ate about giv­ing back by being a CEIH con­sumer rep­re­sen­ta­tive. He speaks about the per­spec­tive, oppor­tu­ni­ties and moti­va­tion the role has giv­en him to real­ly make a dif­fer­ence to health care in SA. 

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