Hobart Information Forum

Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) held an Information Forum in Hobart, Tasmania for people diagnosed and living with breast cancer and their supporters.

The Information Forum covered topics including:

Current and emerging breast cancer treatments
Managing the emotional impacts of living with breast cancer
The role of exercise in breast cancer care
A guided meditation.

We also heard from local BCNA members who shared their stories during our lived experience panel discussion and local breast care nurses spoke about support services in and around Hobart.

Watch the videos

Dr Michelle White

Medical Oncologist

Dr. Michelle White is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. She completed her training through the Victorian Medical Oncology Training Group in Melbourne before completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine. She now specialises in treating women diagnosed with breast cancer at Monash and Cabrini Hospitals. Dr White is the lead investigator for several local research studies and is involved in the development and conduct of clinical trials. She is a member of the Australia and New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group and has published several research papers, abstracts, many of which have been presented at national conferences. She is a member of the steering committee for the development of Breast Cancer Services at Cabrini Brighton.

Dr Carrie Lethborg

Oncology Social Worker

Dr Carrie Lethborg is an oncology social worker and a leading expert in cancer care. She has more than 30 years’ experience supporting people with cancer and their families and has worked with BCNA for over 10 years.   Dr Lethborg has completed research in post treatment experiences of breast cancer, meaning based coping, palliative care, inequity in cancer care and the experience of cancer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. She has held honorary research fellowships at Peter Mac Callum Cancer Centre and The University of Melbourne and Monash Medical Centre.  She currently works at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne and the Centre for Rural Health, University of Tasmania and provides staff support for the Ovarian Cancer Australia and the Cancer Council of Victoria.

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