ACRF Childhood Cancer Early Detection, Prevention and Treatment Program

$5 million awarded to Children’s Cancer Institute in New South Wales to establish the ACRF Childhood Cancer Early Detection, Prevention and Treatment Program.

Cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease for Australian children, with ~1,000 new cases per year, and three children dying every week.

Building on the Zero Childhood Cancer Program, this Centre will focus on:
 • Diagnosing cancer predisposition, preventing early disease progression and recurrence.
 • Advancing safer and more effective treatments.
 • Developing targeted therapies for previously untreatable cancers.

Ultimately this research will lead to faster discoveries, more successful treatments, and a broader global shift towards personalised, precise, and preventative cancer care, improving outcomes for all children with cancer in the future, worldwide.