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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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One Man's Journey Through Breast Cancer
Hello Online Network community, This has recently been added to My Journey and we will be sharing the below in our next Friday Update, however a dedicated post may be helpful for you to share with any men in your life impacted by breast cancer. One Man's Journey Through Breast Cancer - Ron Gordon Following a diagnosis of…
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2023 Breast Cancer Statistics in Australia
Hello Online Network members. As we head into Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, statistics from the Australia Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Cancer data in Australia is now available on the BCNA website as an infographic: https://www.bcna.org.au/media/9216/bcna_stats_infographic_sept13_2023.pdf Please reach…
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Men diagnosed with breast cancer
Hello everyone, BCNA are keen to connect with any men currently members of our online community who have been diagnosed with early or metastatic breast cancer. We would like to hear from you, as we plan to start some discussions regarding the current issues facing men with breast cancer and their families. If you have some…
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Male Breast Cancer Awareness Day - 20th October 2022
Today is Male Breast Cancer Awareness Day, and we would like to highlight that breast cancer can affect anyone, with around 212 men diagnosed each year in Australia. Paul has a strong family history of breast cancer and carries the BRCA-2 gene mutation, but his initial diagnosed in 2018 still came as a shock. He was then…
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Simplify Cancer Podcast Episode 085: Doing What Matters Most with Rod Ritchie
Getting the message out there for October. https://simplifycancer.com/ep085/
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Men’s Breast Cancer Awareness Day 20th Oct 2021
Hi all, Today BCNA is shining a light on men living with breast cancer in Australia to help raise awareness. It is often surprising for many to learn that men develop breast cancer and while it is rare (less than 1% of all cancers in men), there is still projected to be approximately 150 men who will be affected by breast…
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Men's experience with breast cancer - BCNA interviews
Hi everyone, BCNA are looking for a male who has breast cancer to do a phone interview in the next couple of days for national media outlets. The interview and an accompanying photo will be distributed through the media next week. National male breast cancer awareness day is on Wednesday 20 October and we are very keen to…
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Did you know that William Shatner (actor) was diagnosed with BC in 1992?
https://www.survivornet.com/articles/did-you-know-actor-william-shatner-quietly-battled-breast-cancer-for-years-stigma-often-keeps-men-from-speaking-up-about-the-disease/
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My husbands lumps
Posted on behalf of @Digger55 "My husband's lumps" My husband he has some fatty lumps in lots of various placesLipomas- just harmless little fatty lumps- nothing outrageousAnd when we found one in his breast… we did pull some facesBut thought it's just another one of his Lipoma cases. Then surgery to fix his torn shoulder…