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.

monarchE (Recruiting)

A Study to Compare Treatment After Surgery of Abemaciclib (LY2835219) Combined With Standard Endocrine Therapy Versus Endocrine Therapy Alone in Participants With Breast Cancer (monarchE)

EXPERT (Recruiting)

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

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.

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.

Read the story