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Cancer cases to have major impact on health system

The number of new cancer cases diagnosed in Australia each year passed the 100,000 mark for the first time in 2005 and the number of new cases in 2008 is estimated to be over 108,000, according to a report, Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2008, released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.0

“Cancer already has a major impact on the health system and this looks set to continue. The number of cancer-related hospital admissions is projected to increase by over 23,000 per year in the short term, and this doesn’t include cancer-related sessions in the outpatient setting,” said Ms Christine Sturrock of the Institute’s Health Registers and Cancer Monitoring Unit.

According to the report, new cancer cases are projected to increase by over 3,000 cases per year. It is estimated that there will be over 42,000 deaths from cancer in 2008 and that this number will increase by over 800 deaths per year.

“Australia’s ageing population is driving an increase in the number of cancer diagnoses, hospital encounters and cancer deaths,” Ms Sturrock said.

“Although the actual number of cancer deaths has increased, there has also been a significant increase in cancer survival over the last 20 years – more people are living longer after being diagnosed,” she said.

The most common cancer in males is prostate cancer, and in females it is breast cancer. The second most common cancer in both men and women is bowel cancer.

The report is available at www.aihw.gov.au/publications

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