Support while taking hormone therapy
Hormone therapy (also called endocrine therapy) for breast cancer is an effective treatment that helps prevent cancer from returning. It is usually a daily pill, which is prescribed for five to 10 years.
You might have questions about beginning a long-term treatment, but you don’t have to figure it out on your own.
myHT Guide provides trusted information, practical tools, symptom monitoring, and access to specialist nursing support to help you get the most benefit from your treatment.
Taking part in myHT Guide
myHT Guide is a free online programme from Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. It is designed to support you throughout your hormone therapy journey, whether you’re just starting or have been taking it for a while.
Hormone therapy reduces the risk of breast cancer coming back. myHT Guide helps you to start, and stay on, hormone therapy. The programme includes regular check-ins, practical information and support from our breast nurse specialists when you need it.
Information for healthcare professionals
Currently, 17,000 New Zealanders are filling a script for hormone therapy for breast cancer treatment. This is a large number of people and many will need additional support and information to self-manage their treatment.
When taken for the prescribed period, hormone therapy can reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence and mortality by about 30% to 40%. However, up to 50% of people prescribed hormone therapy for breast cancer do not complete treatment.
myHT Guide is a multi-modal intervention to help your patients stay on treatment long term.
Sign up
Sign up take part in the myHT Guide programme. Whether you're just beginning treatment, or have been taking hormone therapy for several years, myHT Guide is here to support you.