I never wanted pity. I just needed practical support.
The lodge gave me that.
For Queenslanders facing cancer far from home, your gift helps close the gap.
More than 300 Queenslanders are diagnosed with brain cancer every year.
For glioblastoma, the most aggressive type, few people survive beyond 14 months after diagnosis. This figure has not improved in 30 years. Your support funds researchers like Dr Taskeen Janjua, who is developing nanoparticles designed to cross the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy directly to the tumour.
The science is moving. Your gift keeps it going.
Next Generation Cancer Research Fellow Dr Taskeen Janjua is developing a new way to deliver chemotherapy directly to brain tumours.
She has developed nanoparticles that cross the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy drugs inside the tumour, sparing the rest of the body from the high doses needed to get enough past the barrier.
Your tax-deductible gift before 30 June keeps her work moving forward.
When saving your life means leaving everything behind
Being diagnosed with cancer is the first shock. But for Queenslanders in rural and regional areas, getting to treatment can mean months away from home, family, and income — a complete break from the life they know.
Debbie’s Story
1,000 kilometres from home. Not once, but over and over again.
As a widow and independent stockwoman from Aramac in central west Queensland, Debbie was used to taking care of herself. Then a shock diagnosis of brain cancer turned her world upside down.
Debbie was suddenly faced with surgery and further treatment, all requiring long stays in Brisbane at Cancer Council Queensland’s Charles Wanstall Apex Lodge, more than 1,000 kilometres from home.
“For people like me, distance isn’t just a number. It’s fuel, time off work, and being away from home. Your support takes some of that weight off.”
Your tax-deductible donation by 30 June funds research, care and support for Queenslanders living with cancer.
The difference your support makes
25,063 Nights of accommodation
for rural and regional Queenslanders who needed to travel for treatment
7,824 Information and support sessions
through our 13 11 20 service
95,534 kilometres of travel
through our Transport to Treatment service over 12,022 trips
Help close the distance with a tax-deductible gift.
Every donation you make closes the distance between home and care for Queenslanders like Debbie, and between research and a cure for researchers like Dr Janjua.
It keeps Queensland's five Cancer Council Lodges open for regional Queenslanders who need somewhere to stay near treatment. It keeps prevention and outreach programs running from Cloncurry to Goondiwindi. It keeps a caring, experienced voice on the phone for anyone, anywhere, on 13 11 20. And it funds the research that is changing what cancer means for Queenslanders.
