Leading neurosurgeon Charlie Teo recently walked away from his first not-for-profit, the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation, late in 2017 because of ever-increasing administrative costs within the charity.

“I had no idea the charity space created so many jobs and was responsible for so much of the workforce. It’s like $103 billion a year, 9.7% of the workforce,” he said at the time.

“It’s huge and charities do become commercialised or corporatised. What I’d like to do is try and break that mould and have it so charities run leaner, on volunteerism.”

He has since launched the Charlie Teo Foundation, restating his  will to ensure more money in the charity dollar goes  directly into researching and making treatment advancements.

Australian of the Year nominee and acclaimed actor Samuel Johnson (pictured) has taken a similar approach to his Love Your Sister cause which has raised $7 million alone towards cancer research.

Johnson himself has urged people to be careful and conscious about where they spend their donation dollar.

"If you're not prudent about how you give, if you don't know about the organisation you're giving to, then I'd be pretty cynical about how much is ending up at the cause," he said.

Both Teo and Johnson realise cancer these days is a big business and both are beacons in the fight to ensure the greatest possible resource goes towards the hunt for the elusive cure. Or, as Love Your Sister likes to term it, the most money goes to "kick cancer in the facehole”.

Locally, we have seen similar examples with the South Coast Convoy for Kids and ongoing fundraising for Bega Valley Can Assist through groups like the Cancer Research Advocate Bikers

Both of which are amazing charitable success stories, raising tens of thousands of dollars for cancer support services and research.

This week, Fairfax Media learned staff at the southern regional office of Cancer Council NSW are facing a restructure and redundancies. It has the potential to affect services from Wollongong to Eden.

Cancer Council NSW has said it was hoping to minimise impact on local communities and access to services and one can only hope that remains the case.