Features

Mixed review of breast screening service points to redevelopment

A review of the breast screening arm of the National Screening Unit has indicated loss of skills, unsettled staff and a fractured relationship between the 8 providers around the country.

The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation is the official charity of the 2012 Contact TriWoman series.

As part of its Election Manifesto 2011, CANGO (Cancer Non Governmental Organisations) calls on the incoming New Zealand government to take action to reduce the incidence and impact of cancer in New Zealand.

Researchers reported at a medical conference in the USA on 9 December 2011, that a bone drug - Zometa (zolodrenic acid) - actually improves breast cancer survival in some patients.

EARLY DETECTION AND SCREENING

Mammograms are very low dose breast tissue x-rays. They are used to pick up breast changes, in particular...

Men can get breast cancer too

More than 2600 New Zealand women will be diagnosed each year breast cancer - so will 20 men...

Breast Awareness Presentation

BE BREAST AWARE!
Janelle Aitken, one of our National Breast Health Educators, takes us through a concise breast health presentation...

Our Work

WHERE OUR FUNDS GO

The NZBCF is dedicated to fighting against the incidence and effects of breast cancer in our community. The money raised for The Foundation goes towards a number of programmes and activities...

NATIONAL COMMUNITY EDUCATION
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation holds FREE public seminars throughout New Zealand as part...

BREAST CANCER PATIENT REGISTERS
Since 2000 The Foundation has provided significant funding to the development and ongoing management of four New Zealand regional Breast Cancer Patient Registers in Auckland, Waikato, Christchurch and Wellington...