This clinical trial compares the order of treatments for women who have oestrogen and/or progesterone receptor positive breast cancer and need radiation treatment and hormone medication to control the breast cancer following surgery.
Sandi shares her breast cancer story with courageous honesty.
July 2013
The Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC) welcomes recent news that 50 cancer nurses are now in place in DHBs throughout the country working as dedicated nurse coordinators guiding cancer patients through their treatment and follow up care.
Some breast cancer sufferers could be treated with radiotherapy instead of more invasive surgery according to results from a Europe-wide study.
UK researchers, who studied 5,000 women found less invasive methods can be as effective as surgery for some patients.
It also means radiotherapy could be used instead to remove lymph nodes.
Consultant breast surgeon Prof Robert Mansel said it could mean fewer women requiring additional surgery.
New research shows that a lack of clinical trials aimed specifically at younger breast cancer patients leaves knowledge gaps that could be partly to blame for their poorer survival rates.
The study, by Cancer Research UK study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, analysed almost 3000 British women diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 40.
A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher has developed a new screening method that uses urinalysis to diagnose breast cancer – and determine its severity – before it could be detected with a mammogram.
The Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition is thrilled with the success of its annual Show Your Heart for Women Living with Breast Cancer campaign, which has netted an impressive $71,000.
That money will help fund the revision, printing and distribution of BCAC’s support and information resource Step by Step which is offered free-of-charge to New Zealand women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.
The debate over breast screening has been re-ignited with the publication of a new study which suggests that screening has not yet reduced the number of deaths from the breast cancer in the UK.
The Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC) welcomes the launch of a new website designed to make it easier to find out about clinical trials available in New Zealand.
The Clinical Trials Portal offers a quick and accessible way for the public, healthcare providers, clinicians and those in the pharmaceutical industry to gather information about clinical trials online.
The site explains what each trial aims to do, who is eligible and how the recruitment process works.
Sarah shares her personal breast cancer journey and some of the things that journey has taught her. Read her story below.
