Breast cancer

Breast cancer

If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer you’re bound to have questions.

We’ve outlined the essential information here, from diagnosis all the way through treatment, to help you understand what you’re going through.

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Type of breast cancer

Types of breast cancer

Understand the different types of breast cancer, as well as specific concerns for men and young women.
 Tests & Diagnosis

Tests & Diagnosis

Find out which tests you might have, and what the results of these tests mean.
 Treatment Options

Treatment Options

Learn which treatments you’ll have, in what order, and what the possible side-effects could be.
 Advanced Breast Cancer

Advanced Breast Cancer

Find out about diagnosis, treatment and care for women and men with advanced, secondary or metastatic breast cancer.

Do you need support?

Breast cancer treatment can be difficult to deal with, both practically and emotionally

We provide support services to anyone diagnosed with breast cancer, and have information on support offered by other organisations.

Clinical trials

By taking part in clinical trials during your treatment, you’re helping to advance the standard of care, improving outcomes for anyone diagnosed in the future. Clinical trials can also offer access to treatments not yet available in New Zealand.

EXPERT (Recruiting)

EXamining PErsonalised Radiation Therapy for Low-risk Early Breast Cancer (EXPERT)
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PATINA (Recruiting)

This study will look at the effect of palbociclib combined with anti-HER2 therapy plus endocrine therapy versus anti-HER2-based therapy plus endocrine therapy alone in patients with hormone receptor positive, HER2+ metastatic breast cancer.
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SAFRON II (Recruiting)

This Phase II study is evaluating the safety and effectiveness of Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) for the treatment of lung tumours. You may be eligible to join this study if: you are aged 18 years or above; have 1-3 lung metastases from any non-haematological primary tumour; you are medically inoperable, high risk or have decline surgery; and you have not had any previous high-dose radiotherapy to the chest region.
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All clinical trials

Personal Story

Jude's story

10 weeks from mastectomy and reconstruction to standing on the top of Mt Kilimanjaro I found a lump in my breast on the Friday night before Easter last year, after a horrible 3 weeks of uncertainty and prodding we found out it was DCIS and unlikely to need chemo.
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Patient information events

There are no upcoming events at the moment, but watch this space for announcements.

In the meantime you might like to take a look at similar events that we've done in the past.

If you'd like to be the first to hear about upcoming patient information events, please email us - intouch@bcf.org.nz.

We’re here to help

If you’ve got questions about your breast health, get in touch.

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