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Welcome to the second BCNA Young Women E-Bulletin.
We hope that you find the information of interest.
Lisa Tennekoon, BCNA consumer representative, has shared her story of being a young woman diagnosed with breast cancer. To view Lisa’s story, please click on the link http://www.bcna.org.au and go to stories/young women/Lisa Tennekoon. You’ll find stories from other young women on our website too. If you’d like to be included, send your story (with a photo) to
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This information has been gathered from other sources and is not endorsed by BCNA.
The following articles are included below
- Breast Cancer and Fertility: Making Hard Choices Easier. The Development and Evaluation of a Fertility-Related Decision Aid for Young Women with Early Breast Cancer
- The Rates of Chemotherapy-Induced Amenorrhea in Patients Treated With Adjuvant Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide Followed by a Taxane - USA
- Ovarian Ablation or Suppression in Premenopausal Early Breast Cancer: Results From the International Adjuvant Breast Cancer Ovarian Ablation or Suppression Randomized Trial
- Key Dates for National and International Conferences in 2007 and 2008
- Communication Skills Training Module Addressing the Needs of Younger Women with Breast Cancer
- South Coast of New South Wales Support Group for Young Women
- Amazon Hearts
Research Updates
Fertility
http://www.cancervic.org.au/cancer1/professionals/breast_nurses/bcnc2007/mclachlan.ppt
Breast Cancer and Fertility: Making Hard Choices Easier. The Development and Evaluation of a Fertility-Related Decision Aid for Young Women with Early Breast Cancer. Approximately 10,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Approximately 6-7% of these women are under the age of 40. Dr Sue Anne McLachlan, Medical Oncologist from St Vincent’s Hospital, presented her research on a fertility-related decision aid for young women at the Breast Care Nurses Conference in February 2007. Click on the link to view her presentation.
http://www.amjclinicaloncology.com/pt/re/ajco/abstract.00000421-200704000-00004.htm;jsessionid=Gv0MytpgYmJ0y0mGGxbc55TvTrcyTDyM7ynTf7V2TNkqjB6gTY0F!-1905490407!-949856144!8091!-1
The Rates of Chemotherapy-Induced Amenorrhea in Patients Treated With Adjuvant Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide Followed by a Taxane. In the American Journal of Clinical Oncology: adjuvant chemotherapy in premenopausal women with breast cancer may induce amenorrhea, which can affect fertility, choice of hormonal therapy, and increase the risk of late toxicity. The incidence of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea (CIA) resulting from doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) followed by a taxane (T) is poorly characterised.
Treatment
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/99/7/516
Ovarian Ablation or Suppression in Pre-menopausal Early Breast Cancer: Results from the International Adjuvant Breast Cancer Ovarian Ablation or Suppression Randomized Trial. In the Journal of the National Cancer Institute: the International Adjuvant Breast Cancer Ovarian Ablation or Suppression Trial randomly assigned pre- and peri-menopausal patients with early-stage breast cancer who were receiving prolonged (five years) tamoxifen treatment with or without chemotherapy to ovarian ablation or suppression versus no ovarian ablation or suppression. Overall, no added effect of ovarian ablation or suppression was seen on relapse-free survival or overall survival of pre-menopausal women who were treated for early-stage breast cancer. However, the role of ovarian ablation or suppression in young (<40 years) women with ER-positive tumours, especially those not receiving chemotherapy, requires further study.
The abstract can be viewed by clicking on the link above. The full article is available for downloading free (just follow the links in the abstract).
Conferences
In the Cancer Council Australia’s edition of Cancer Forum March 2007 there is a very comprehensive list of the key dates for national and international conferences on Cancer being held in 2007 and 2008. The following represents a selection. For the full list go to http://www.cosa.org.au/documents/CancerForumMarch2007.pdf
June 1-5 2007: American Society of Clinical Oncology 43rd Annual Meeting, Chicago http://www.asco.org
August 1-4 2007: Medical Oncology Group Australia / Cancer Nurses Society Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne http://www.moga.org.au
August 28-31: 9th Australian Palliative Care Conference, Melbourne http://www.iceaustralia.com/apcc2007
October 1-7 2007: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) 58th Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne http://www.ranzcrasm.com
November 14-16 2007 Clinical Oncological Society Australia, 34th Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide http://www.cosa.org.au
February 28 to March 2 2008 American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) 5th Annual Conference, Irvine http://www.apos-society.org
Other Information
Communication Training
http://www.nbcc.org.au/bestpractice/commskills/modules.html#youngwomen
The National Breast Cancer Centre has a training module called ‘Communication Skills Training Module Addressing the Needs of Younger Women with Breast Cancer’. This module is for health professionals and to find out more please click on the link above or contact the NBCC on 02 9036 3030.
Support Group
Young women living on the South Coast of New South Wales are establishing a support group. If you are interested in meeting with them contact Julie Knight on (02) 4472 9617.
Amazon Hearts
www.amazonheart.org
Take up the challenge of an Amazon Heart Adventure and develop lifelong friendships with other breast cancer survivors from across the globe. Amazon Heart Adventures provide breast cancer survivors with a life changing experience, while creating wider social impact in local communities. Each event also has a unique social impact, either through direct community service or raising funds for community projects. Coming up in December 2007, a daring group of breast cancer survivors will travel to Madurai, in Tamil Nadu, South India, to spend one week building an orphanage for tsunami and AIDS orphans. Registration for this and other adventures is now open. Click on the link to find out more or email
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