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Kenzie's Gift has engaged new therapists in New Plymouth and Invercargill. We also have therapists in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Lower Hutt, Christchurch, and Dunedin. A reminder that Kenzie's Gift therapy services and free resources online are there for tamariki (children), mātātahi (young people), and their families affected by mate pukupuku (cancer), serious illness, or bereavement.
A recent call for peer support volunteers and committee members has given Breast Cancer Support the best Christmas present: 20 support volunteers and a new Chairperson for 2023.
The new volunteers hail from many parts of New Zealand including Auckland, Waihi, Kapiti Coast, Christchurch and Dunedin and will receive in-house training for their support roles early next year.
BCS is still looking for more women and men interested in training to be peer supporters or committee members. Please email BCS on support@breastcancersupport.org.nz to find out more.
BCAC produces a quarterly e newsletter summarising recent activities by BCAC and its member groups. You can subscribe to the newsletter by filling in the request form on this page and view archived copies by clicking the links below:
Every year, BCAC produces an Annual Report and a Performance Report.
The Annual Report is written just before our AGM in August/September; it describes who we are, what we’ve done over the last year and what we hope to achieve in the coming year.
Check out the latest news from our member group, the Rotorua Breast Cancer Trust.
Busting with Life Dragon Boat Team are on the look-out for new members. Come and join us!
Waikato Treasure Chests are a competitive dragon boat team of breast cancer survivors based in Hamilton. New paddlers are welcome - contact Teresa Simonsen 021 1818895, waikatotreasurechests17@gmail.com for more information. Please see the attached newsletter from the team for more information and news.
21 April 2022
This clinical trial is investigating the efficacy and safety of adjuvant atezolizumab (Tecentriq) or placebo and trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla) for HER2-positive breast cancer at high risk of recurrence following preoperative therapy.
BCAC fully endorses this timely plea from our member group ANZBCC to take a few simple steps to keep breast cancer patients and other vulnerable people safe from COVID.
An open letter from the Aotearoa NZ Breast Cancer Community to the wider NZ public; please mask, distance and isolate to help keep us safe
