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Learn more about lobular breast cancer by registering for this free webinar.

Invasive lobular carcinoma is a cancer that has spread from the breast lobules into surrounding tissue. It is the second most common type of breast cancer, occurring in 10-15% of all cases. It may be multifocal (found in more than one place in the breast) and is sometimes found in both breasts.

Lobular breast cancer can sometimes be difficult to detect by physical examination or mammography as the cells form in single file strands which don’t cause as much distortion of the breast tissue. It may show up as a thickening of the breast tissue rather than a hard mass.

Dr Sheridan Wilson and Anna Stove will share their experiences with lobular breast cancer; from a patient and clinical perspective. There will also be a Q and A session. 

Register here to attend this free event.

Calling all keen cyclists and their friends – the Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition has been added to the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge 2024! On 30 November 2024, there’ll be events to suit everyone from hard-core cyclists to family groups – on road bikes, mountain bikes and e-bikes. For added motivation, and to help kiwi women with breast cancer, anyone who enters can easily set up a fundraiser for BCAC, so that all their supporters and friends can sponsor them to ride. Click this link to find out how. 

Every dollar raised will go towards getting a free Step by Step support pack out to everyone at the time of their diagnosis, and to support BCAC’s ongoing efforts to get essential breast cancer medicines to everyone who needs them. BCAC is 100% volunteer-run, so every dollar goes to helping kiwis with breast cancer. Click here to learn more about BCAC and what we do.

If you’ve had breast surgery in NZ, this 5 minute online survey investigating patient and clinician perspectives on lymphoedema is for you. Tauranga Breast Surgeon Nicola Davis is conducting the survey as part of her Masters in Advanced Surgery (Breast Surgery) research at Sydney University. 

If you’ve had breast surgery, please take 5 minutes to share your perspectives. You don't need to have had lymphoedema. All answers are anonymous.
Link to survey: https://forms.office.com/r/pcg1y8TMfJ
Link to participant information sheet: PIS Patients.pdf
 

Around 400 New Zealand women under the age of 45 are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Having a family may be top of mind for many of these women. While others may not have thought about planning a family yet. But for those diagnosed with breast cancer during these childbearing years, decisions about treatment need to consider fertility. Australia-based research organisation Breast Cancer Trials is running an online Q and A session on Breast Cancer and Fertility on Tuesday 20 Feb 2024 at 7-8.30 pm NZT. You can register for this event here.

BCAC will also post a recording of this event on our website when it is released by the organisers at a later date.

But there’s no need to panic. The Good Registry makes gift buying easy. They issue gift certificates which can be redeemed by donating to one of their charity partners – like BCAC! Click here to see how to complete your Christmas shopping from your desk. By donating to BCAC this Christmas, your friends and family can help us to keep supporting, informing and representing kiwi women with breast cancer.