Cancer services in Wales are set to benefit from �8.5m of lottery funding.
A total of 47 different projects have been awarded grants from the New Opportunities Fund.
They range from a new cancer centre at the Wrexham Maelor Hospital to a group offering support to young children in families affected by the disease.
Money will be used to help cancer prevention, detection, treatment and care. Wales board member Tom Davies said : "The money being invested in cancer services will protect patients' health by raising awareness of risks as well as improving early detection and diagnosis.
"It will also provide practical support and advice for those with cancer and their families."
Welsh Assembly Health Minister Jane Hutt said : "This is wonderful news for all those affected by cancer in Wales.
Emotional support
"Money is going to projects in all five of the present health authorities and will make a huge difference to improving the prevention of cancer, to the speed of initial detection and to the care needed for the patients and families if diagnosed."
South east Wales will see the creation of a group offering emotional and practical support for young children in families affected by cancer.
A total of �62,156 will be spent over three years to appoint experts to help.
One of the people behind the project, Peggy Tapper - who fought cancer successfully - said not enough was being done to care for the children of cancer sufferers.
'Shoulder to cry on'
"The children can be the forgotten ones," she said.
"It affects them more than you think. They don't want to bother mum or dad with their own problems as they think they have enough on their plate - but they do need someone they can turn to for support, advice and as a shoulder to cry on sometimes."
Llandough Hospital near Cardiff in south Wales has been granted �361,455 to improve the present chemotherapy suite and make it more efficient and patient-friendly.
North Wales' Wrexham Maelor Hospital will get �1,416,000 for their Shooting Star Appeal - a scheme to construct the first dedicated cancer unit to cater for patients in an area that at present is suffering with the highest mortality rates in Wales.
North and south Wales also see the joint working of four trusts to install video conferencing equipment at the three acute hospitals in the north and at Velindre in the south.
Scanning methods
The �266,000 will enable patients to be diagnosed and treated by specialists from where they are based without the need for patients to travel great distances and incur expense.
In mid Wales, ultra sound equipment for cancer care will be provided thanks to the �111,625 being awarded.
The Ceredigion and Mid Wales NHS Trust will now be able to introduce a variety of scanning methods and deal with more patients.
West Wales is being awarded �121,750 to provide a laser therapy service for the treatment of head and neck cancer.
Promoting awareness
Based at Morriston Hospital, it will ensure a significant improvement on existing treatments, reduce waiting times and allow treatment on a day-patient basis.
The New Opportunities Fund's 'Cancer Prevention, Treatment and Care' programme has received hundreds of applications since being launched in the summer of 1999.
The programme was created to improve access to screening and treatment, provide equipment, promote awareness of cancer prevention and help individuals and families cope with the impact of cancer on their lives by supporting care for those with cancer.
Research undertaken showed a staggering 75% of those purchasing lottery tickets wanted money raised to go towards health and education projects, focusing on cancer in particular.
Where the money will go:
Velindre NHS Trust Bro Taf Teleconferencing in support of CSCG standards �166,900 Velindre NHS Trust Bro Taf All Wales e-mail based Cancer Advice Service for Professionals �15,500 Velindre NHS Trust Bro Taf Production of BSL information videos on cancer treatments for deaf people �30,550 (WCISU) Velindre NHS Trust Bro Taf Geographic Information System �79,210 Breast Test Wales (part of Velindre NHS Trust) Bro Taf Development of a Breast Screening Assessment Centre in Wrexham �524,250 Velindre NHS Trust Bro Taf Application for support for the All Wales Cancer Services Information Framework �729,750 Breast Test Wales (part of Velindre NHS Trust) Bro Taf Additional West Wales Mobile Braest Screenig Unit �156,050 Velindre NHS Trust Bro Taf Development of a Stereotactically Guided Conformal Radiotherapy (SCRT) at Velindre Hospital �260,000 Velindre NHS Trust Bro Taf High field strength (1.5T) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scanner �850,000 Velindre NHS Trust Bro Taf Additional out-based chemotherapy services for south east Wales �195,000 North Glamorgan NHS Trust Bro Taf Public involvement in cancer prevention, detection, care and treatment �109,000 Pontypridd & Rhondda NHS Trust Bro Taf Breast Care Support Programme �18,080 Cancer Care Society Bro Taf Cancer care society centre �378,666 Bro Taf Health Promotion Service Bro Taf Women's cancers health promotion project �107,929 Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust Bro Taf Chemotherapy Suite, Llandough Hospital �341,455 George Thomas Hospice Care Bro Taf Provision of a full time social worker �84,677 Dyfed Powys HA Dyfed Powys Virtual Clinical Networks Project �123,630 Pembrokeshire & Derwen NHS Trust + partners Dyfed Powys Palliative cancer care electronic datrabases �122,000 Carmarthenshire NHS Trust Dyfed Powys Develop existing Nurse led service of home chemotherapy for cancer patients �35,500 Powys Health Alliance Dyfed Powys Promoting awareness and early detection of Men's cancers in Powys �54,228 Dyfed Powys HA Dyfed Powys Health Promotion (tobacco control) Project for Pembrokeshie & Carmarthen �169,140 Ceredigion & Mid Wales NHS Trust Dyfed Powys Ultrasound equipment for cancer care �111,625 Carmarthenshire NHS Trust Dyfed Powys Histopatjology equipment �17,500 USK House Day Hospice Dyfed Powys Automated Imunostaining Machine �34,838 Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Gwent Haematology and Oncology Day Unit at Neville Hall Hospital �150,750 Gwent Cancer Support Gwent Emotional Support for Young Personas affected by cancer �62,156 Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Gwent Information system for clinical oncology �25,165 Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Gwent Rehousing of current mamography and breast scanning facilities �15,250 Hospice of the Valleys Gwent The Cancer Help Clinics �172,600 Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Gwent Purchase of colonoscopes �24,595 Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Gwent Purchase of potassium titanyl phosphate laser �44,075 Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Gwent Purchase of endoluminal ultrasound scanner �160,00 Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Gwent Purchase a gamma camera for establishemnt of sentinel node guided auxilliary surgery �22,000 Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Gwent Computerisation of bronchoscopy records at Royal Gwent Hospital �2,000 Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Gwent Purchase of sigmoidoscopy, gastroscomy, urethoscopy and colonoscopy equipment �118,905 Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Gwent Additional equipment for MRI Scanner �7,000 Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Gwent Additional Microtome �6,960 Swansea Specialist Health Promotion Service Iechyd Morgannwg Swansea tobacco Action Groups �72,533 Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust Iechyd Morgannwg Endoscopy stack for open access colo-rectal services �256,000 Health Promotion Service (Bridgend) Iechyd Morgannwg Cildrens smoking prevention project �151,573 Iechyd Morgannwg & Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust Iechyd Morgannwg Local communities nutrition and cancer prevention �224,167 Swansea NHS Trust Iechyd Morgannwg Purchase of equipment �147,702 Swansea NHS Trust Iechyd Morgannwg Provision of a laser therapy service for treatment of head & neck cancer �121,750 Swansea NHS Trust Iechyd Morgannwg Provision of day patient service for the treatment of forms of cancer of the bladder �140,530 Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust Iechyd Morgannwg Ultrasound machine - breast unit �140,000 North West Wales NHS Trust North Wales Video conferencing facilities between the three acute hospitals in Norh Wales �99,966 Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust North Wales Evaluation of the clinical impact of psychological treatment for cancer �122,323 North East Wales NHS Trust North Wales Shooting Star Appeal - accomodation for dedicated cancer unit at Wrexham Maelor Hospital �1,416,000 
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