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A big thumbs-down to NZ on International Clinical Trials Day
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 10:38 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Kiwis have nothing to celebrate this International Clinical Trials Day (tomorrow, Wednesday May 20), says the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. More >>
NZBCF announce first Wellington Medical Advisor
Monday, 18 May 2015, 12:59 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Radiologist Dr Madeleine Wall has become the first Wellington-based member of the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation’s medical advisory committee, a role that includes advising the NZBCF on clinical matters, reviewing proposed grants and programmes, ... More >>
TV chef and comedian team up for fundraising breakfast
Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 10:06 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
TV’s Food Truck chef Michael Van de Elzen and comedienne / musician Jackie Clarke will entertain guests at the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation’s third annual Pink Ribbon Breakfast on Sunday May 3. NZBCF ambassador and former Miss Universe Lorraine Downes ... More >>
Free breast cancer counselling – No fooling!
Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 9:47 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation is today launching a free counselling programme available to women anywhere in New Zealand. More >>
Laser treatment study a first for NZ
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 4:43 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Otago University’s School of Physiotherapy will run the first clinical evaluation of laser treatment for lymphoedema in New Zealand, on behalf of the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation. More >>
1000 Tees for 1000 Women
Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 12:20 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF) launches fundraising campaign in tribute to the 1,000 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this summer. More >>
Grants to improve knowledge and treatment of local cancers
Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 11:13 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Today, World Cancer Day, the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation has announced the winners of its research funding contest for studies based on New Zealand’s breast cancer patient registers, awarding five grants for pilot studies to researchers from Auckland, ... More >>
Shortland St star gets on her bike
Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 4:40 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
More than 350 “pinked out” motorbikes, from 50cc scooters to 2000cc Harley Davidson and Suzuki cruisers, are expected to take part in the Women’s International Motorcycle Association’s (WIMA) annual Pink Ribbon Ride in Auckland this Sunday October 12, ... More >>
Pink Star Walk this Saturday Oct 11
Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 2:48 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Auckland’s Pink Star Walk this Saturday Oct 11 – musician Jamie McDell will be the finale More >>
Kiwis invited to “Pop into the Pink Caravan"
Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 9:59 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Pink Caravan hits the road to mark 20 years of breast cancer awareness – Kiwis invited to “Pop into the Pink Caravan” More >>
Lorraine Downes and mother spearhead breast cancer education
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 10:59 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Former Miss Universe Lorraine Downes and her mother Glad are the faces of a new campaign from the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation, aiming to educate older women about their breast cancer risk and the importance of continued mammogram screening for healthy women ... More >>
Interactive tool to help older women decide on mammograms
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 10:52 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation today launched Screen70+, an interactive online decision aid to help women over 70 – and their GPS – decide if they should continue with screening mammograms. More >>
90% of older NZ women underestimate their breast cancer risk
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 10:49 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
New research commissioned by the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation reveals that older women mistakenly believe their breast cancer risk is lower in their seventies, when they no longer qualify for free mammograms, than it was in their fifties. More >>
Lorraine Downes says host a brekkie for cancer research
Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 4:53 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Registrations opened today for Pink Ribbon Breakfast, with Lorraine Downes asking Kiwis to invite their friends or colleagues to breakfast in May, to raise funds for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. More >>
NZBCF research to spend $800,000 over the next two years
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 12:36 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
A radiation oncology research fellowship at Auckland DHB and a Canterbury University study of the link between breast cancer and a common virus bring the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation’s research funding commitment to $800,000 over the next ... More >>
Inventive breast cancer campaign finds a way around rules
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:07 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation’s plan to show the full range of breast cancer symptoms in its October awareness campaign received a setback when the Commercial Approvals Bureau (CAB) advised the NZBCF that nipples are not permitted in TV advertising. More >>
Take a walk for breast cancer on Saturday October 5
Monday, 30 September 2013, 2:09 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
There’s still time to register for the Estee Lauder Companies Pink Star Walk, a twilight walk in Auckland Domain on Saturday October 5 to raise funds for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. More >>
Research targets better drug treatment for breast cancers
Monday, 23 September 2013, 2:42 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation has committed $200,000 across two major research projects at Otago and Auckland Universities. The projects, each worth $100,000, have exciting potential for treatment of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), an ... More >>
Cars for health workers - equal access to breast screening
Monday, 8 July 2013, 2:28 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation has given 12 cars to breast screening services around the country, to help improve access to screening and diagnostic testing for Maori and Pacific Island women. More >>
Younger women underestimate breast cancer risk
Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 3:58 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
New research from Colmar Brunton at the start of Breast Cancer Action Month shows young New Zealand women are largely unaware of breast cancer as the main cancer risk for women their age, while most women in their early 40s have never had a mammogram, ... More >>
