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Want to know more about Casting for Recovery?
Then head to this in-store event at Rod and Reel in Newmarket, Auckland. On Saturday, September 6 at 10:30 am they will be hosting a fundraiser to raise money for the Casting for Recovery programme and to raise awareness about it.
Casting for Recovery aims to give recovery cancer patients a focus and means of getting up and getting active during the recovery process. The programme was founded in the US but now also has a branch here in New Zealand. It involves participation in fly fishing and getting in the outdoors.
Both Casting for Recovery representatives and former participants of the programme will be there to share their experiences.
BCAC welcomes today’s announcement from the Ministry of Health that if your doctor suspects you have cancer, a new national health target will ensure you see a cancer specialist and receive treatment faster than ever before.
Health Minister Tony Ryall announced today that a new faster cancer treatment target will be introduced from 1 October.
“The new target will extend the scope of the current health target so people with suspected cancer receive faster access to all services from diagnostic tests to surgery or other treatment,” says Mr Ryall.
Storage King St Luke’s in Auckland is shouldering a burden for a national breast cancer charity by providing free storage for thousands of support packs for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.
The Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC) has just reviewed, rewritten and reprinted the Step by Step support and information pack it offers free of charge to the 3,000 New Zealanders diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
A breast cancer clinical trial conducted in Australia and New Zealand gives hope to younger women with breast cancer who are keen to preserve their fertility during cancer treatment.
The results of the Prevention of Early Menopause Study (POEMS) have recently been presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference in Chicago, USA.
The study examines the use of a drug called goserelin (also known as Zoladex®), which was given with standard chemotherapy medicines to a proportion of the 256 women aged 18 to 49 who participated in the trial in New Zealand, Australia and the USA.
The Health Quality & Safety Commission's Consumer Engagement Team is providing funding to help consumers attend and participate in the Second Australasian Long-Term Conditions Conference: Health - the art of the possible at Waipuna Lodge and Conference Centre, Mt Wellington, Auckland.
The Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition’s (BCAC) Step by Step support pack for those newly diagnosed with breast cancer is bigger and better than ever following an extensive review to enhance the resource.
Around 5,000 copies of the third edition of Step by Step have just been published and this year BCAC welcomes the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF) as principal funder for the much-loved support pack, which features an information book, a diary to record medical procedures and a journal.
Better breast cancer treatment and care for all New Zealanders should be on the horizon thanks to the introduction of new national standards for breast cancer care.
The Standards of Service Provision for Breast Cancer Patients in New Zealand were developed by a clinical working group chaired by renowned Waikato breast surgeon Ian Campbell and made up of cancer experts, such as surgeons, oncologists, nurses, and consumer representatives including BCAC’s Libby Burgess.
The standards describe the care and services a person with breast cancer should have access to, no matter where they live in the country.
An Auckland breast cancer survivor, who recently posted pictures of herself topless online in order to celebrate the gift of life that comes from the decision to have a mastectomy, was just one of the subjects in an exhibition by photographer Lara Boddington which took place in Devonport, Auckland last month.
Ally Armstrong was 47 when she was called up to have a routine mammogram as part of the BreastScreen Aotearoa free screening programme for women aged 45 to 69.
Ally duly went for her mammogram, but was asked to come back for a follow-up mammogram and a biopsy.
16 May 2014
The Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC) is delighted Budget 2014 outlines increased funding to further improve cancer services for New Zealanders.
Yesterday’s Budget announced an additional $32.7 million over the next four years for cancer services.
In particular, BCAC applauds the funding allocated for specialist psychological staff and up to 20 cancer support workers who will ensure patients diagnosed with cancer and their families receive more support and counselling.
BCAC has repeatedly highlighted the need for better psychological services for breast cancer patients and their families so it is very encouraging to see the issue being addressed.
