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Anya's story
Anya's daughter nagged her for years to get a mammogram. Her first one at age 58 showed she had breast cancer.
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Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
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.
Lifepool
Lifepool is a research resource for study into breast cancer and women's health. It aims to recruit 100,000 Australian women. This will establish one of the largest cohorts in the world, providing research tools to answer critical questions about breast cancer. Lifepool aims to gather information on health and lifestyle, mammogram data and asks permission to track the health of each participant through linkage with other health databases.
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NZFBCS
The New Zealand Familial Breast Cancer Study commenced in 2013 with the key goal of better-understanding DNA sequence changes in genes that alter the risk of developing breast cancer
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WINPRO
An open-label, randomized, window of opportunity study between diagnosis and definite surgery, to assess the effect of antiestrogen therapies, alone and in combination with microionized progesterone (prometrium) in patients with newly diagnosed ER+PR+ breast cancer.
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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.