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Could you spare about 2hrs helping us understand Cancer Related Cognitive Impairment or ‘Brain Fog’?
WHY: To see if the brain changes in those who have cancer or get treatment.
WHO: Women who have just received a breast cancer diagnosis AND women who are healthy and want to help.
WHAT is involved: Having two brain scans in a MRI scanner and completing three questionnaires. The scans will be at different times (for patients one before your surgery and one after your first chemotherapy).
HOW LONG: Each visit to the MRI scanner will last up to 1.5 hours. 50mins of this will be the brain scan.
WHERE: The University of Auckland Centre for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CAMRI) 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland (parking arranged).
Pharmac’s announcement that they will fund the breakthrough medicine Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan, T-DXd) from 1st January 2025 for advanced HER2 positive breast cancer (HER2+ ABC) is fantastic news.
Libby Burgess, chair of BCAC, says: “We’re delighted to see this vital medicine funded given the outstanding results from clinical trials showing that Enhertu keeps the cancer stable for four times as long as the previous best treatment and increases length of life. We’re very pleased that Pharmac has listened to our feedback on its consultation and extended funding to include those whose cancer has already advanced on Kadcyla and to allow those who have unmanageable side effects with Enhertu to be treated with Kadcyla. The decision to fund will enable women and their families to…
No need to panic. The Good Registry makes gift buying easy. They issue gift certificates which can be redeemed by donating to one of their charity partners – like BCAC! Click here to see how to complete your Christmas shopping from your desk. By donating to BCAC this Christmas, your friends and family can help us to keep supporting, informing and representing kiwi women with breast cancer.
Want to get into the Christmas spirit, but tired of giving and receiving stuff that no-one really needs? The Good Registry takes the stress out of gift giving, and gives you an opportunity to help BCAC, by offering gift cards that can be redeemed as donations to a select group of charities, including us. Check out their website here.
Here’s a great idea to show your company really cares this Christmas. The Good Registry’s gift certificates let your clients choose a charity – like BCAC! – for a donation from your company. It’s a great way to thank your clients and colleagues without burdening them with unnecessary ‘Xmas merch’. Click here to find out how it works.
Here’s an easy way to get Christmas gifts organised well in advance and to help BCAC at the same time. By clicking here you can buy gift certificates for those friends and family who already have everything they need, but would get a great feeling knowing they are helping women with breast cancer. The Good Registry is a great volunteer organisation set up by some Wellington women who are passionate about doing good. They issue gift certificates which can be redeemed by donating to one of their charity partners – like BCAC! By donating to BCAC this Christmas, your friends and family can help us to keep supporting, informing and representing kiwi women with breast cancer.
Why not help BCAC as you spread Christmas cheer this year? BCAC’s partnership with The Good Registry makes gift-giving easy. By clicking here you can buy gift certificates for those friends and family who already have everything they need, but would get a great feeling knowing they are helping women with breast cancer. The Good Registry is a wonderful volunteer organisation set up by some Wellington women who are passionate about doing good. They issue gift certificates which can be redeemed by donating to one of their charity partners – like BCAC! By donating to BCAC this Christmas, your friends and family can help us to keep supporting, informing and representing kiwi women with breast cancer.
Chair Libby Burgess and Secretary Fay Sowerby recently delivered BCAC’s 2024 Ministerial Briefing to Hon. Dr Shane Reti, Minister of Health. The briefing identifies priority areas for action to improve breast cancer outcomes. (You can read the full briefing by clicking here). Libby and Fay also met with Hon. Dr Ayesha Verrall (Labour) and MP Todd Stephenson (ACT) to discuss the briefing in detail, and it was copied to politicians with an interest in health and technology from all parties.
Over the last 25 years, BreastScreen Aotearoa (BSA) has provided more than 5 million free screening mammograms to New Zealand women. BCAC is pleased to see BSA celebrating this milestone and we encourage all eligible women to take advantage of the national screening programme. All women aged between 45 and 69 are entitled to a free mammogram every two years. Click here to learn more about the programme and to enrol, or phone 0800 270 200. Regular breast screening with a mammogram saves lives by finding breast cancer early, when treatment is more likely to cure the cancer.
International Metastatic (Advanced) Breast Cancer Day was celebrated in style with the Auckland Harbour Bridge bathed in blue, green and pink lights. Sweet Louise, a charity dedicated to supporting New Zealanders with metastatic breast cancer (MBC), hosted an event at the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron, the perfect venue to enjoy the lights on the bridge. The day is marked around the world with iconic monuments and buildings lit in the MBC colours of green for hope and renewal, blue for healing and spirituality and pink, the traditional breast cancer colour, #LightUpMBC.
