Cancer types
This is a list of organisations and resources that support people with specific cancers. Also see our list of general cancer information and support organisations.
If your cancer is not listed below, it may not have a dedicated organisation or website. Try visiting Rare Cancers Australia. Their cancer knowledgebase lists over 200 types of rare or less common cancers.
Bladder
Bladder Cancer Australia Charity Foundation
Our mob and cancer: Bladder cancer
Blood
Myeloma Foundation of Australia
Your guides to best care: Blood cancers
Bowel
Continence Foundation of Australia: Improving bowel function after bowel surgery
Our mob and cancer: Bowel cancer
Your guide to best care: Bowel cancer
Brain
Brain Tumour Alliance Australia
Our mob and cancer: Brain cancer
Your guide to best care: High-grade glioma
Breast
Breast Cancer Network Australia
Counterpart Navigator – Breast cancer
Our mob and cancer: Breast cancer
Your guide to best care: Breast cancer
Cervical
Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation
Counterpart Navigator – Cervical cancer
Our mob and cancer: Cervical cancer
Endometrial
Counterpart Navigator – Uterine (including endometrial) cancer
Our mob and cancer: Endometrial cancer
Your guide to best care: Endometrial cancer
Gall bladder
Head and neck
Head and Neck Cancer Australia
Our mob and cancer: Head and neck cancer
Your guide to best care: Head and neck cancer
Kidney
Kidney Health Australia – Kidney cancer
Kidney cancer resource library
Our mob and cancer: Kidney cancer
Leukaemia
Your guides to best cancer care: Leukaemia
Liver
Our mob and cancer: Liver cancer
Your guide to best care: Liver cancer
Lung
Lung Foundation Australia – Lung cancer
Our mob and cancer: Lung cancer
Your guide to best care: Lung cancer
Lymphoma
Our mob and cancer: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Your guide to best care: Hodgkin and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Your guide to best care: Low-grade lymphomas
Melanoma
Our mob and cancer: Melanoma (skin cancer)
Your guide to best care: Melanoma
Mesothelioma
Australian Mesothelioma Registry – Australian-based support services
Your guide to best care: Peritoneal mesothelioma
Your guide to best care: Pleural mesothelioma
Mouth
Head and Neck Cancer Australia
Myeloma
Myeloma Foundation of Australia
Your guide to best care: Multiple myeloma
Neuroendocrine
NeuroEndocrine Cancer Australia
Nose
Head and Neck Cancer Australia
Oesophageal
Our mob and cancer: Oesophageal cancer
We've got this: Oesophageal cancer
Your guide to best care: Oesophagogastric cancer
Ovarian
Counterpart Navigator – Ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer
Our mob and cancer: Ovarian cancer
Your guide to best care: Ovarian cancer
Pancreatic
Our mob and cancer: Pancreatic cancer
Your guide to best care: Pancreatic cancer
Placental
Counterpart Navigator – Placental cancer
Primary peritoneal
Counterpart Navigator – Ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer
Sarcoma
Australian and New Zealand Sarcoma Association
Your guide to best care: Sarcoma
Skin
Our mob and cancer: Melanoma (skin cancer)
Your guide to best care: Basal and squamous cell carcinoma
Your guide to best care: Melanoma
Stomach
Your guide to best care: Oesophagogastric cancer
Throat
Head and Neck Cancer Australia
Thyroid
The Australian Thyroid Foundation Ltd
Head and Neck Cancer Australia
Uterine
Counterpart Navigator – Uterine (including endometrial) cancer
Vaginal
Counterpart Navigator – Vaginal cancer
