Kisqali free for HR+ HER2- advanced breast cancer
Good news for New Zealanders with advanced hormone receptor positive HER2 negative breast cancer.
Māori cancer researcher award goes to BCAC committee member
Congratulations to BCAC Committee member Maria Marama, who has just received a Masters Scholarship from the Māori Cancer Researcher Awards scheme run by the Cancer Society (Te Kāhui Matepukupuku o
Book review: It's Not (Just) About the Breast by Petrina Burnett
It's Not (Just) About the Breast: The Cancer Road Less Walked A Young Woman's Cancer Story tells the story of Aussie physio Petrina Burnett’s diagnosis with triple negative, BRCA-mutated b
Milestone to celebrate as College of Radiologists recommends breast density reporting
BCAC is delighted to see the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) recommend mandating of breast density reporting in both breast screening and diagnosis.
What’s new in breast cancer research? Some impressions from the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
BCAC’s Louise Malone was among 10,000 attendees at this premier international breast cancer research conference held in Texas, 3-8 December.
Treatment holidays most likely to be safe for HER2-positive and/or hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer
Treatment holidays, where therapy is temporarily stopped, are something that those living with advanced breast cancer sometimes have to contemplate. Perhaps there is an important occasion coming up – a wedding or other family celebration, or an overseas trip – where the side effects of the treatment would interfere with enjoyment of the occasion. In discussing this with their oncologist, it’s important to take into account the current evidence – for or against – taking treatment holidays.
Here's BCAC’s report of a talk on this topic at the recent ABC7 international advanced breast cancer conference:
Sharing prognostic information – what your oncologist can tell you
Not all patients are ready to discuss their prognosis soon after a diagnosis of advanced breast cancer (ABC) – and that is their choice – but the earlier this is discussed the more influence patien
Overcoming fear: Don’t lose the joy of living in the fear of dying
Claire has been living with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer since 2016; since her cancer progressed she has been processing the fears that inevitably accompany this.
Relationship between diet and exercise in advanced breast cancer – the jury is still out
Very few studies have looked at the impact of diet or exercise in patients with advanced breast cancer (ABC).
The power of lobbying – the story of one ABC survivor and advocate
October 13th is Metastatic Awareness Day in the United States, thanks to Shirley Mertz, a metastatic breast cancer survivor from the United States.
