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“Don’t Suffer In Silence”: Charity Urges Breast Cancer Survivors To Act On Long-term Effects
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 1:48 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Kiwi breast cancer survivors are being encouraged to look out and seek help for long-term side effects of treatment, as a charity delves into this under-researched field. Ahead of World Cancer Day, 4 February, Breast Cancer Foundation NZ (BCFNZ) ... More >>
Widely Available Heartburn Tablet Offers Hope For Kiwi Breast Cancer Patients
Friday, 9 December 2022, 9:06 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Kiwis diagnosed with breast cancer no longer have to suffer from some of chemotherapy’s most debilitating side effects, now that results from a New Zealand clinical trial show a low-cost medicine used for heartburn can prevent them. Palmerston North-based ... More >>
Get Into Your Pink Stride – Pink Ribbon Walk Hits Auckland Next Week
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 10:23 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ is calling on Aucklanders to “walk for the ones you love” at the city’s pinkest fundraising walk next week. The Pink Ribbon Walk is taking place at the Auckland Domain on 6 November and tickets can still be purchased ... More >>
Support For Reti’s Breast Screening Bill – “our Older Women’s Lives Are Worth Saving”
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 12:37 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Following years of campaigning for the breast screening age to be raised to 74, Breast Cancer Foundation NZ (BCFNZ) is welcoming Dr Shane Reti’s Private Member’s Bill proposing to amend the Pae Ora (Health Futures) Act to include breast screening ... More >>
Experts Adopt New Guidelines To Improve Treatment For Kiwis With Advanced Breast Cancer
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 5:00 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
A new set of clinical guidelines for the treatment of advanced breast cancer (ABC) has launched today, Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day (13 October). The 2nd New Zealand Consensus Guidelines for Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC-NZ2) were developed ... More >>
Free Breast Screening For More NZ Women Will Categorically Save Lives
Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 1:48 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Aotearoa New Zealand has the chance to save the lives of women aged 70 to 74 by including them in the free national screening programme breast cancer, Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand (BCFNZ) says. But politicians must act. BCFNZ chair Justine ... More >>
10 Ways Kiwis Can Support Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 10:25 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ (BCFNZ) is inviting New Zealanders to get amongst the many initiatives taking place this October to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. From pink socks on the rugby fields to the Pink Ribbon Street Appeal, pinked out ... More >>
Pink Ribbon Breakfast Extended To Mid-June, More Kiwis Urged To Take Part
Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 5:36 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Pink Ribbon Breakfast, Breast Cancer Foundation NZ’s largest annual fundraising campaign which takes place every May, has been extended to 17 June, due to a lack of registrations. Chief executive Ah-Leen Rayner says that a third fewer Pink Ribbon ... More >>
“The Future Of Breast Screening Is On A Knife-edge”, MPs Hear At Pink Ribbon Breakfast In Parliament Today
Thursday, 12 May 2022, 9:35 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
More than 100 people attended a Pink Ribbon Breakfast in Parliament’s Grand Hall this morning, where Breast Cancer Foundation NZ made a plea to Government, one week before the Budget, to save the future of breast screening in New Zealand. MPs, women ... More >>
Cancer Control Agency's Latest Report Is A Missed Opportunity
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 5:48 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Responding to the Cancer Control Agency’s latest report on the funding of cancer drugs in Aotearoa, Ah-Leen Rayner, chief executive of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, said: “This is a timely report, given we are awaiting the overdue findings of the ... More >>
Annabelle White Invites Kiwis To Host A Pink Ribbon Breakfast This May
Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 6:05 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Much-loved food personality Annabelle White is encouraging people to host a Pink Ribbon Breakfast to support Kiwi women affected by breast cancer. Pink Ribbon Breakfast is Breast Cancer Foundation NZ’s largest annual fundraising campaign. Each May, ... More >>
Breast Cancer Diagnoses Are Not “keeping Pace With What We’ve Seen In The Past”
Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 11:14 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Contrary to the Prime Minister’s claims that cancer diagnoses appear to be “keeping pace with what we’ve seen in the past”, the breast screening backlog is putting the lives of New Zealand women at risk, argues Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. In an ... More >>
New Charity-funded Breast Cancer Nurse Making A Difference In Canterbury
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 10:27 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
A new nurse, funded by Breast Cancer Foundation NZ (BCFNZ), is playing a huge role in helping women in Canterbury to recover from a breast cancer diagnosis. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2203/dada36229ea6a9b6d1b5.jpeg" ... More >>
Breast Cancer Survival Laid Bare In New Report: Māori, Pasifika And Younger Women Most At Risk
Friday, 4 February 2022, 8:48 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Breast cancer remains deadlier for Māori, Pasifika, and younger women despite significant improvements in overall survival rates, according to a new report published on World Cancer Day (4 February) by Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. In its first ever report ... More >>
10,600 New Zealanders Call For Urgent Action On Breast Screening: “More Lives Will Be Lost”
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 10:32 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ has today delivered a petition signed by 10,600 people calling for the Government to make sure women can access life-saving mammograms by clearing the Covid backlog and extending the free screening age to 74 as soon as ... More >>
Mt Eden X Laken Whitecliffe Collab For Breast Cancer
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 9:07 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Auckland DJ Mt Eden (Jesse Cooper) and artist Laken Whitecliffe have teamed up to create a music video and artwork for a cause close to their hearts. Laken has chosen to support Breast Cancer Foundation NZ in the first of his Colours for Causes series, ... More >>
Joe Naufahu’s Plea To Aucklanders – “Walk In Pink For Breast Cancer This Sunday”
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 12:37 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Actor and Celebrity Treasure Island star Joe Naufahu is encouraging Aucklanders to take part in New Zealand’s first ever neighbourhood Pink Ribbon Walk on Sunday 31 October. It’s replacing Breast Cancer Foundation NZ’s iconic fundraiser, which ... More >>
Eggsceptional TradeMe Auction To Raise Money For Breast Cancer – It’s No Yolk!
Saturday, 23 October 2021, 5:16 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
With lockdown having completely scrambled Breast Cancer Foundation NZ’s usual October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) fundraising, the charity has been eggsploring other fundraising ideas. Yesterday, an eggstra-special donation cracked open a new ... More >>
133 MISSING WOMEN: Breast Cancer Cases Going Undetected Because Of Covid-19
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 9:17 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
At least 133 women across Aotearoa New Zealand have no idea they have breast cancer right now, warns Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. The charity is gravely concerned for these women, who have missed the mammogram that would have diagnosed them during ... More >>
Wāhine Toa Star In New Breast Cancer Campaign Using The Power Of Poetry
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 5:56 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Spoken word poets Ngā Hinepūkōrero have teamed up with Breast Cancer Foundation NZ to release a new poem highlighting the importance of mammograms this Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The poem, called Ahi Kā, is performed by the group in television ... More >>
