Carrie Bickmore announced the launch of The Brain Cancer Centre on Monday night's episode of The Project, in collaboration with WEHI - the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.
Following a segment on an eight-year-old girl's brain cancer diagnosis and treatment, an emotional Carrie, 40, revealed she's 'on a mission to raise as much money as possible to give brain cancer patients hope'.
The TV presenter is also the founder of Carrie's Beanies 4 Brain Cancer, following her late husband Greg Lange's death in 2010 after a nine-year battle with the disease.
Worthy cause: Carrie Bickmore (pictured) announced the launch of The Brain Cancer Centre on Monday's episode of The Project, in collaboration with WEHI - the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
'It's a reminder that cancer diagnoses haven't stopped while our focus has been on Covid the past few years. Around 3,000 people have passed away from brain cancer in just the past two years,' Carrie revealed on air about the startling statistics.
'Survival rates haven't changed in 30 years which is just unacceptable and that's why I, along with many other brilliant advocates around the country, have been on a mission to raise as much money as possible to give brain cancer patients hope.'
Carrie said she was 'so proud' to announce the launch of The Brain Cancer Centre, in partnership with WEHI 'which is a world-renowned research institute that has been making discoveries for 100 years'.
Mission: Following a segment on an eight-year-old girl's brain cancer diagnosis and treatment, an emotional Carrie, 40, revealed she's 'on a mission to raise as much money as possible to give brain cancer patients hope'
'This is a collaborative centre, it's a collaborative initiative, and we hope to end brain cancer as terminal illness,' she said.
The Brain Cancer Centre has already secured $40million in funding through the sales of the beanies at Carries Beanies 4 Brain Cancer, along with grants and collaborations with research institutes.
Back in 2018, Carrie became tearful while discussing her relationship with late husband Greg on ABC's Anh's Brush With Fame.
Carrie said that welcoming their son Oliver, now 14, was 'probably the greatest thing' she and Greg ever
