"I never wanted pity. I just needed practical support.
The lodge gave me that." - Debbie
For Queenslanders facing cancer far from home, your gift helps close the gap.
Around 300 Queenslanders are diagnosed with brain cancer every year.
For the most aggressive type, median survival is less than 14 months, and that figure has barely moved in decades. That's why Cancer Council Queensland funds researchers like Dr Taskeen Janjua, who is developing a new way to treat malignant brain tumours.
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.
Her nanoparticles are designed to cross the blood–brain barrier, find the tumour and release cancer-fighting medicine precisely where it's needed, sparing the rest of the body from many of the side effects of treatment.
Your tax-deductible gift before 30 June keeps her work moving forward.
When treatment means leaving everything behind
A diagnosis is one shock. The kilometres between home and treatment are another. For Queenslanders in rural and regional areas, getting to Brisbane for surgery or specialist care can mean weeks away from family, work, and 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
No Queenslander should face cancer alone.
Every tax-deductible donation you make before 30 June funds the research, the care and the support that Queenslanders like Debbie depend on.
It keeps Dr Janjua's work moving forward. It keeps the Lodge open for the next person who needs it. And it means distance is never the thing that stands between a Queenslander and the care they deserve.
