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Checked your breasts lately?
We'll show you how. Checking your breasts is easy as TLC. 'Know your normal', so you can find any changes in your breasts as soon as they appear.
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Checked your breasts lately?
We’ll show you how.
Touch
Touch both breasts. You’re feeling for any lumps or thickening of the tissue, even up into the armpits.
Look
Look in front of a mirror. Can you see any physical changes to the breast shape, skin or nipples?
Check
Check any breast changes with your doctor. Even if you’ve had a mammogram recently.
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Blog
18 October 2019
Behind the scenes of clinical trials
In a guest blog, Lou Clement from Cancer Trials New Zealand shares what it's like to work on a clinical trial.
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Blog
7 October 2019
Everyone can be breast aware
With the news that Beyoncé’s father, Mathew Knowles, was treated for breast cancer earlier this year, it’s a timely reminder that men need to be breast aware too.
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Press Release
4 November 2019
“Blood test for breast cancer” greatly exaggerated, says Breast Cancer Foundation
Reports of a blood test that “could detect breast cancer up to five years before there are any signs of it” are greatly exaggerated.
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Event
14 February 2020
NZ House and Garden Tour - Bay of Islands
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ is thrilled to once again be the chosen charity for the 2020 NZ House and
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Event
21 February 2020
NZ House and Garden Tour - Taupō
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ is thrilled to once again be the chosen charity for the 2020 NZ House and Garden
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Event
28 February 2020
NZ House and Garden Tour - New Plymouth
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ is thrilled to once again be the chosen charity for the 2020 NZ House and
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