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.

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.

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.

WHAM (Recruiting)

For women at increased risk of ovarian cancer, removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries will substantially reduce their risk of ovarian cancer, and may reduce the risk of breast cancer. However, the consequences of this risk-reducing surgery for sexual health, menopausal symptoms, bone and cardiovascular health and cognitive functions are poorly understood.

Kadcyla - alone or in combination (Recruiting)

A safety extension study of Kadcyla in participants previously treated with Kadcyla alone or in combination with other anti-cancer therapy in one of the parent studies.

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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