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ABOUT CANCERFONDEN
The Swedish Cancer Society is an independent, non-profit fundraising organization that has provided financial conditions for cancer research since 1951. The Swedish Cancer Society work to beat cancer sooner through financing the best cancer research in Sweden. The goal is that fewer people in Sweden will be affected by cancer and more will survive.
THIS IS HOW WE BEAT CANCER
We finance research
We finance the best cancer research in the country. To ensure high quality research our Research Commission consists of highly esteemed researchers.
We fundraise
Thanks to our donors we can work to save more lives. We fundraise through a wide range of campaigns and platforms, donor communications and collaborations with companies.
We inform & support
We strive to inform and support everyone affected by cancer, both those with cancer and next of kin, by spreading information about cancer, treatments and research as well as through our support line.
We make change happen
Politics plays an important role in the fight to beat cancer and our advocacy work is very important. The politicians decide the preconditions for prevention, health care and research.
OUR IMPACT
• We have contributed with 13 billion SEK to Swedish cancer research since the start 70 years ago.
• 80 % of the national healthcare programs refer to research funded by the Swedish Cancer Society.
• Today, two out three survive cancer in Sweden. 70 years ago that number was one out of three.
Largest charity in Sweden
Thanks do all of our donors we can fund over 500 research projects every year. Being the largest fundraising charity in Sweden we get donations via legacies, monthly giving, donations and memorial gifts as well as peer-to-peer fundraisers, corporate donations and partnerships.
During 2021 our total revenue was 949 million SEK, which was the highest ever.
OUR GOALS 2030
• Reduce preventable cancer cases by 30 %
• A third of all cancers are diagnosed at an earlier stage
• 80 % survive a cancer diagnosis
• Everyone has the best possible quality of life, both during and after cancer
Highlighted reports
The Swedish Cancer Socitey's report health care 2021 – segregated screening
There are clear geographical differences in the degree of participation in the national screening programs for breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer. This is true both between and within regions.
How COVID-19 impacted cancer research in Sweden – 2021
The purpose of this report is to identify how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Swedish cancer research.
How Covid-19 is affecting cancer care in Sweden – 2020
In this 2020-report one of the findings were that cancer treatments to a large extent were taking place as usual.
