Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
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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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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.
Latest updates
Our latest events, press releases and blog posts
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
13 November 2019
Breast Reconstruction Information Evening - Hutt Hospital (Wellington)
Kia ora
You are invited to Hutt Valley DHB Breast Reconstruction Information Evening.
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Event
16 November 2019
PINK STAR WALK - Auckland
Pink Star Walk is back! Walk for the ones you love on the pinkest day of the year.
The Pink
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