Cancer Centre of Excellence: Part of One Billion Dollar Health Plan
Source: ACT. Chief Minister
"A Centre of this kind would allow holistic and integrated treatment plans, integrating research and clinical practice so that each impacts on each other for mutual benefit and complementing the current local research programs and would provide for different treatment options such as medical oncology, radiation oncology and surgery. Statistics show that cancer is becoming much more common across our community, predominantly as a result of an ageing population. ... In the longer term, the formation of a Cancer Centre will not only improve the standard of patient care for rural communities, it will also help attract and retain high quality staff in the region."