South Australian Cancer Plan

Can­cer affects an esti­mat­ed one-third of the Aus­tralian pop­u­la­tion dur­ing their life­time, as well as fam­i­lies, car­ers and sup­port­ers of peo­ple diag­nosed with can­cer. In 2019 over 11,000 South Aus­tralians were diag­nosed with can­cer (Source: Can­cer Coun­cil SA). Across Aus­tralia cancer is a major cause of ill­ness respon­si­ble for 18% of the bur­den of ill health (Source: Aus­tralian Insti­tute of Health and Welfare).

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

The Plan provides clear guidance and consistency for SA Health and its partners about the priorities, future direction and approach to cancer care in South Australia. It will also guide the future work of the South Australia Comprehensive Cancer Network.

The CEIH Can­cer Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work (CSCN) was pleased to participate in the development of this plan with Dr Michael Osborn, Clin­i­cal Lead of the Can­cer SCN, along with mem­bers of the Can­cer SCN Steer­ing Com­mit­tee contributing their knowledge and expertise to many aspects of the priority areas.

For more infor­ma­tion, please vis­it the SA Can­cer Plan web­page on the SA Health website.