Breast Cancer Foundation NZ

Breast Cancer Foundation NZ

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.

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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Latest updates

Our latest events, press releases and blog posts

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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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