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Kirsten Pilatti - Monthly wrap for March 2024
https://youtu.be/0PAGv5dwJvw?si=2y6meIMB_SC3UdED
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BCNA welcomes pharmacy prescription changes for breast cancer medications
Six key breast cancer drugs are now more affordable thanks to 60-day prescribing. BCNA is pleased to confirm that six common types of hormone blocking therapies such as letrozole, anastrozole and tamoxifen, amongst others, are now able to be prescribed 60-days at a time, saving consumers time and money. “It is especially…
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Friday Update (On Thursday!) - 28th March 2024
Hi everyone, It's a Friday Update on a Thursday! I deliver you an early Friday update as the BCNA office will be closed over the Easter period (5:00pm tonight, and will re-open on Tuesday 2nd April at 9:00 am) . Remember the Online Network is always here to help and you can request the Helpline team to call you back when…
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BCNA Leads First National Roadmap to Collecting Metastatic Breast Cancer Data
A roadmap to finally count the number of people diagnosed with incurable and life limiting metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is a step closer thanks to the $1.5 million announced over the weekend by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to fund a cancer data alliance. Almost two years ago a group of Breast Cancer Network Australia…
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Friday Update - 8th March 2024
Hello existing members and our 'newbies' who have joined the Online Network community recently. If you are a new member, you may like to use the search function to type 'Friday Update' and read previous editions. We try to include Online Network activity; BCNA news/resources and external organisation resources. BCNA have…
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Friday Update - 23rd February 2024
Welcome to the latest Friday update! We are still thrilled about the roadmap to finally count the number of people diagnosed with incurable and life limiting metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is a step closer thanks to the $1.5 million announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to fund a cancer data alliance. In this update…
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Time to Count People with Metastatic Breast Cancer - A Way Forward
We are proud to release Time to Count People with Metastatic Breast Cancer – A Way Forward – a report and roadmap on how Australia can collect and report cancer stage and recurrence data. We need this data to know how many people are living with treatable but not curable metastatic breast cancer. Without this visibility,…
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Friday Update (On Thursday!) - 25th January 2024
Hello everyone and welcome to the first 'Friday Update for 2024'. Happy New Year! However you spent your time over the New Year, we hope it was with people you love and doing the things you enjoy. The Online Network has welcomed 81 new members in January so far. As many of you have witnessed, the forum is such a supportive…
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Friday Update - 17th November 2023
A very warm welcome to all
our new members who have joined us in November so far and to our existing
members who continue to provide support to others navigating their breast
cancer diagnosis or who are seeking support for family/friends. A reminder for our newbies: please check
out Episode 1 (Season 1) of Charlotte…
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Friday Update - 22nd September 2023
Hello everyone, It feels like the month of September is flying by us all. You may have noticed a few technical related correspondences from BCNA recently and I would like to share upcoming changes to the BCNA website in this update. You will also read about recent news items, upcoming forums and content you may have…
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"Can Assist" - Cancer Assistance Network, NSW - re accommodation, advocacy, assistance & resources
Can Assist has numerous branches around rural NSW and have a great list of resources that are available to Cancer Patients in NSW ..... over and above the ones that you already know about! https://canassist.org.au/cancer-assistance/#community They can also provide practical financial assistance too - and helped us out last…
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Update from BCNA Policy and Advocacy on the Breast Reconstruction Report
Update from BCNA Policy and Advocacy on the Breast Reconstruction Report BCNA Policy & Advocacy has been busy implementing our action plan from the Breast Reconstruction in Australia 2021 report, launched in September 2021. Key activities have included meetings held with most state and territory governments to advocate for…