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Collingwood’s Ben Johnson visited the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre ahead of the Peter Mac Cup held this Sunday at the MCG against arch-rivals Carlton.

The Peter Mac Cup was introduced in 1993 and is designed to raise funds and awareness of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Each year one of the matches between Carlton and Collingwood is selected as the Peter Mac Cup game (Carlton home game in even years and Collingwood home game in odd years). The two Clubs work with Peter Mac, the MCG and other organisations to promote the game and assist with the awareness and fund raising activities.

Over $½ million has been raised for Peter Mac since 1993.

The first game was in round six 1993 was a Carlton home game and the Peter Mac Cup was won by Collingwood.  The current ledger stands at 10 wins for Carlton and six for Collingwood.

The Cup will be presented in the rooms after the game, together with medals for all players.

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Peter Mac and supports the Centre through staging fundraising events such as the Cup Breakfast.
Peter Mac is the only specialist cancer hospital in Australia.

The centre is a comprehensive specialist oncology centre providing cancer services at the central site in Melbourne and through external clinics and satellites throughout Victoria.

Cancer touches almost all Australians either directly or indirectly sometime in our lives.  It is a common problem, accounting for 30 percent of all male deaths and 25 percent of female deaths.  

Today, thanks to the efforts of such institutions as Peter Mac, more than half of those diagnosed with cancer will have their disease brought under control, and many will be successfully treated.

Peter Mac has contributed to the ever-growing advances in cancer diagnosis and treatments. Today in Australia, more than 60 per cent of people diagnosed with cancer survive in the long term. Peter Mac staff strive to ever increase that statistic. Sixty years ago, the survival rate was 25 per cent.

To make a donation to Peter Mac, visit www.petermac.org/donatenow or call 1800 111 440.