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Every year, BCAC produces an Annual Report and a Performance Report.
The Annual Report is written just before our AGM in November; it describes who we are, what we’ve done over the last year and what we hope to achieve in the coming year.
The Performance Report describes our financial activity and some of our quantifiable activities (outputs) over the last financial year (1 April to 31 March). As a registered charity, BCAC is legally required to have…
Check out the latest news from our member group, the Rotorua Breast Cancer Trust.
Busting with Life Dragon Boat Team are on the look-out for new members. Come and join us!
We can promise you increased fitness, a boat load of instant team-mates, a few laughs along the way and some competitive racing. No experience is required - it doesn’t matter that you’ve never picked up a paddle before. We’re New Zealand’s first Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat team and have been around for 22 years. Our team is open to…
Waikato Treasure Chests are a competitive dragon boat team of breast cancer survivors based in Hamilton. New paddlers are welcome - contact Teresa Simonsen 021 1818895, waikatotreasurechests17@gmail.com for more information. Please see the attached newsletter from the team for more information and news.
21 April 2022
This clinical trial is investigating the efficacy and safety of adjuvant atezolizumab (Tecentriq) or placebo and trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla) for HER2-positive breast cancer at high risk of recurrence following preoperative therapy. New Zealand sites for this trial are: Auckland City Hospital and Tauranga Hospital.…
BCAC fully endorses this timely plea from our member group ANZBCC to take a few simple steps to keep breast cancer patients and other vulnerable people safe from COVID.
We thought 2020 was a year like no other, but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused yet more disruption in 2021 so it was unsurprising that we held our BCAC AGM online again.
It’s hard enough dealing with the challenges of breast cancer, let alone trying to navigate a safe path through a pandemic. We’re aware that many women being treated for breast cancer have a lot of questions about Covid vaccination.
It’s hard enough dealing with the challenges of breast cancer, let alone trying to navigate a safe path through a pandemic. We’re aware that many women being treated for breast cancer have a lot of questions about Covid vaccination.
To answer those questions…
