Breast Cancer Patient Register

Introduction

The Auckland Breast Cancer Register is a project of the Auckland Breast Cancer Study Group that was established in 2000 to monitor and evaluate breast cancer diagnosis, treatments and results for patients in the wider Auckland region. This information will be used to determine how breast cancer is being managed and subsequently which treatments and approaches result in the best outcome for women. All private and public breast clinics in the greater Auckland region participate.

The register includes all patients with breast cancer/DCIS first identified after June 2000 in the wider Auckland region. All participants are required to sign a consent form before being included in the study. The current consent level is at 84% of all eligible women.

The Foundation has been supporting this project over the past six years and has committed to another three years of funding bringing total financial support to $612,000.

The Foundation would like to see the roll-out of a nationwide Breast Cancer Register and is advocating for this with Government and local stakeholders.

Outcomes

The data collected by the Register can:

Describe patterns of care and utilisation of various aspects of care
Identify the effects of mammography, outcomes without treatment and effects of various treatments
Contribute to expected outcomes for New Zealand’s population, direct efforts to achieve optimum patient outcome, and improve use of the health sector dollar.

For further information and analysis of the data collected to date by the register, download the latest Annual ‘Breast Cancer Register’ review for participants first diagnosed June 1, 2000 to December 31, 2005).

Auckland Breast Cancer Study Group (PDF 1,227kb)

Contact Information

To become involved in the Breast Cancer Patient Register or for more information contact:

Wendy Dykes, Project Co-Ordinator
Auckland Breast Cancer Study Group
Phone: (09) 630 9943 x 26730
E-mail: wendyd@adhb.govt.nz

Postal: Greenlane Clinical Centre
Greenlane West
Private Bag 92189
Auckland