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Hammamas special offer for May
Category: News - 3 May 2012
Hammamas is offering a discount, and a donation to BCNA, for the purchase of BCNA-branded cotton hammamas through May 2012
BCNA comments on proposed cancer research plan
Category: News - 18 May 2012
BCNA recently made a submission to the Cancer Research Leadership Forum in response to their draft white paper, 'Towards a national cancer research plan'.
Celebrating Mother's Day
Category: News - 12 May 2012
Mother's Day is a special day for many Australian women and for those whose lives have been touched by breast cancer it often takes on new significance.
PIP Implants
Category: News - 11 May 2012
Testing of PIP implants by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration has not identified any specific safety concerns with the implants, however it is recommended that women who think they may have a PIP implant contact their surgeon to have the implant checked.
Pink buns offer delightful support
Category: Media release - 3 May 2012
Bakers Delight bakeries across the nation are joining forces with their communities to raise $1.2 million in support of the 14,000 women expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 alone.
Maxine shares her story
Category: News - 30 April 2012
BCNA CEO Maxine Morand shares her own personal breast cancer experience in the media.
New research could revolutionise breast cancer treatment
Category: News - 20 April 2012
New research from Cancer Research UK could revolutionise the way women with breast cancer are diagnosed and treated in the future, and lead to the development of new targeted treatments.
Rural women wanted for biggest Australian Breast Cancer Conference
Category: Media release - 18 April 2012
Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) is hosting the two-day national conference in Sydney for women with breast cancer and health professionals. The conference will be held on 25 and 26 October and is part of the Sydney International Breast Cancer Congress (SIBCC).
New fertility resource for young women with breast cancer
Category: Media release - 17 April 2012
An Australian study, recently published in the British Journal of Cancer, has supported the widespread use of decision aids to help young women recently diagnosed with early breast cancer to make decisions about fertility.
Generic Aromatase Inhibitors available now
Category: News - 2 April 2012
If you are taking Femara or Arimidex, you may now be offered generic brand alternatives to these drugs by your pharmacist.
Vale Judith Adams
Category: News - 31 March 2012
Members of BCNA mourn the death, this morning, of Judith Adams, a champion advocate for rural women with breast cancer and for their families.
BCNA pays tribute to Jim Stynes
Category: News - 20 March 2012
Breast Cancer Network Australia are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Jim Stynes on Tuesday 20 March 2012.
Celebrating 15 years of progress in breast cancer research in Victoria
Category: Media release - 15 March 2012
Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium (VBCRC) in conjunction with Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) is holding a symposium to celebrate fifteen years of breast cancer research in Victoria.
MRI rebates for young women
Category: News - 15 March 2012
BCNA has developed a submission to the Australian Government about how breast MRI rebates could benefit younger women with a history of breast cancer.
BCNA welcomes MRI rebate for women with PIP implants
Category: News - 14 March 2012
Women who have PIP breast implants will now be able to access a Medicare rebate for breast MRI in order to assess whether their implants are structurally sound.
