The number of cases of Australians getting cancer has risen in the last three years with more women getting cancer than men.

The cases are up by five per cent in the last three years, with the number of female’s up nine per cent, to the mens up by two per cent.

In a report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, it said that although their is a rise in cancer cases, the survival prospects is significantly better than it was in the 1980s.