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Lack of funding “height of cruelty”
Tuesday, 16 October 2018, 9:31 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ’s chief executive Evangelia Henderson describes the lack of funding for drugs that extend the lives of advanced breast cancer patients as heartless and cruel. More >>
Auckland clinical trials get a much-needed boost
Friday, 5 October 2018, 2:02 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ is providing a boost to breast cancer clinical trials at Auckland City Hospital, funding trainee oncologist Dr Edmond Ang in the new role of BCFNZ Clinical Trials Fellow. Breast Cancer Foundation NZ has committed $160,000 ... More >>
Stacey Morrison urges Māori women to sign up
Thursday, 4 October 2018, 9:00 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ ambassador Stacey Morrison has just had her first free mammogram with BreastScreen Aotearoa. Now, she’s urging Kiwi women – especially Māori – to enrol for free breast screening this October. More >>
Kiwi women die twice as fast; health system turns its back
Friday, 7 September 2018, 12:47 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Kiwis are dying of advanced breast cancer (ABC) twice as fast as people in comparable countries – and it’s not just about the lack of new drugs. More >>
Clinical trial targets worst side-effects of chemo
Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 3:17 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ has committed $250,000 to a new clinical trial that will test the ability of a cheap, widely available drug to prevent two of chemotherapy’s most unpleasant side-effects: delayed nausea and vomiting. More >>
Here’s the evidence – time to play fair Pharmac
Saturday, 9 June 2018, 11:42 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Here’s the evidence – time to play fair, Breast Cancer Foundation tells Pharmac In light of new clinical trial results, Breast Cancer Foundation NZ is urging Pharmac to consider giving life-extending drug Perjeta to patients who’ve been missing ... More >>
“Heartening news for breast cancer patients"
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 4:31 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ chief executive Evangelia Henderson describes the boost in health spend in the Budget as heartening. More >>
Bump or lump? Be breast aware this sport season
Thursday, 10 May 2018, 12:15 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Bumps and bruises are part of the game, but beware: your injury could be hiding something more serious. That’s the message from Breast Cancer Foundation NZ as Kiwis head into the winter sport season. More >>
Sth Auckland patients get new breast biopsy chair
Wednesday, 9 May 2018, 1:08 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
South Auckland patients & staff delighted with new breast biopsy chair A new $18,000 chair that helps correctly position women of all shapes and sizes during breast biopsies is receiving rave reviews. More >>
Host a Pink Ribbon Breakfast
Wednesday, 18 April 2018, 11:01 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Registrations are now open for Pink Ribbon Breakfast, with celebrity cook and author Nadia Lim encouraging Kiwis to invite their friends to breakfast in May, to raise funds for Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. More >>
From Research to Reality - Breast Cancer Sympoisum at AUT
Thursday, 9 November 2017, 10:53 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
The effectiveness of vitamin C in cancer treatment, benefits of self-hypnosis and the prospect of personalised medicine will be among topics discussed at a free public seminar as part of the NZ Breast Cancer Symposium this Sunday November 12th. More >>
breast screening programme extension will save lives
Tuesday, 24 October 2017, 6:29 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
October 24, 2017 Extract from Coalition Agreement between the New Zealand Labour Party & New Zealand First Party: Coalition priorities – Health: • Progressively increase the age for free breast screening to 74 Extension of breast screening programme ... More >>
Innovative Pilot Helps Breast Cancer Patients Keep Hair
Wednesday, 11 October 2017, 12:29 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Hair loss during chemotherapy can be devastating for breast cancer patients. But, thanks to a pilot at Nelson hospital, many breast cancer patients will emerge from chemotherapy with their hair intact over the next few months. More >>
Classic Paintings Prompt Breast Cancer Awareness
Monday, 2 October 2017, 8:57 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Four hundred years ago, a young woman named Hendrickje Stoffels posed naked for her lover, Rembrandt. More >>
ghd Encourages Women to Show ‘Their Hair Cares’
Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 9:03 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
ghd Encourages Women to Show ‘Their Hair Cares’ in Viral Shoot Featuring Ambassador Pia Miller More >>
Interactive webinar for newly diagnosed cancer patients
Monday, 8 May 2017, 3:42 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer are invited to join an interactive online webinar tomorrow night, Tuesday May 9, at 7pm. Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, which is hosting the event as part of its pioneering series of local webinars, believes ... More >>
Five-year research partnership targets breast cancer vaccine
Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 10:15 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Imagine if no one died from breast cancer…if we stopped it in its tracks, so it couldn’t spread and kill. More >>
Male breast cancer more common than most realise
Friday, 3 February 2017, 2:06 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Kiwi men might be missing a beat when it comes to health and lifestyle priorities this World Cancer Day (Feb 4), says the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation: male breast cancer is more common in men aged 50-plus than two dreaded diseases, cancer of the ... More >>
Free seminar on breast reconstruction
Friday, 14 October 2016, 11:57 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation will host a free seminar on breast reconstruction after mastectomy on Wednesday October 19, 6:30pm-8:30pm, at Auckland University’s Medical School. The Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day (BRA Day) event is open to ... More >>
Gemma Flynn is new breast cancer ambassador
Friday, 14 October 2016, 9:07 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Black Sticks hockey player Gemma Flynn has joined the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation as an ambassador, determined to help get the message about breast awareness out to Kiwi women after her own grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer twice in three ... More >>
