Riddells Creek's Annemarie Ewers is among the growing number of cancer survivors.

She is now cancer-free and is not looking back.

For the second consecutive year, she will volunteer for Daffodil Day this Friday and raise funds for the Cancer Council Victoria for research and support for cancer sufferers.

She's also getting her family involved.

"I just want to help support a good cause and give some of my time to raise money so eventually we can find a [cancer] cure," she said.

Five years ago when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Ms Ewers, a mother of four, had her eldest daughter in year 12.

"It was very hard. It was a lot to take on, because you never know the outcome," she said.

Ms Ewers had to constantly travel to Melbourne for chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy. The battle has changed her outlook on life.

"I stopped working when I had treatment because I had a job I wasn't enjoying. You don't want to do anything you're not enjoying when you get older."

Ms Ewers' daughter Kim, 20, will also lend a hand in the Daffodil Day fund-raiser.

The Cancer Council estimates 213 Macedon Ranges residents will be diagnosed with cancer this year.

Council spokeswoman Deb Stringer said cancer figures remained a concern but survival rates had improved with advances in treatment and early detection. "Research has significantly contributed to the declining incidence of some cancers and the overall increase in cancer survival in Victoria from 48per cent in 1990 to more than 60per cent at present."

Donation details: www.daffodilday.com.au