Cancer is the “Emperor of Maladies”, and one of the deadliest diseases known to mankind.
People all over the world are afflicted, and it is the leading cause of death in the world today.
Annually an estimated 7.6 million people lose their life around the world.
Cancer can be debilitating, degenerating, defeating, destroying, devastating, disabling, depending, demoralising, depressing, destabilising, disorganising, disengaging, disorienting and disinteresting.
Cancer is a leading cause of burden in Victoria with an average of 84 cases diagnosed every day.
In 2014 ,30,585 Victorians were diagnosed with cancer.
Australia wide projected number of new cancer cases diagnosed in 2016
130,466 ==72,048 Males and 58,418 Females.
Australia wide projected number of deaths from cancer in 2016
46,880 = 26,566 Males and 20,314 Females