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Secondary School Research Project on Resistance Training
I work in a secondary school and we have a Year 11 student doing his Research Project on the benefits of resistance training on the body and well-being. He is struggling to find adults to complete his survey and I wonder if anyone would like to take part given that many of us have an interest in this. Obviously, the…
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Research - share your experiences of returning to work following a breast cancer diagnosis
Researchers at Monash University are undertaking a study to understand the perspectives and experiences of people affected by breast cancer regarding returning to paid work following a breast cancer diagnosis. Who can participate? You can participate in this study if you: * have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the…
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Breast Cancer Research Q&A in Adelaide 24 July 2019
This just popped up in my Instagram feed. Thought I'd pass it on here for our SA members. https://www.breastcancertrials.org.au/news?id=503
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Hormone therapy trial in Adelaide
Breast Cancer Research Study In Adelaide Women who have frequent hot flushes/night sweats, also known as Vasomotor symptoms (VMS), caused by cancer medications are invited to participate in a study exploring a potential treatment to better treat these symptoms. Participants may experience a relief in hot flushes or night…
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Invitation to participate in a Melbourne-based focus group about breast care nursing
Hi all, The McGrath Foundation is running an informal focus group for four or five women who've been diagnosed with DCIS or early breast cancer in the past five or so years. At the focus group, the McGrath Foundation will discuss an updated model of care for breast care nursing they have been developing and will ask for…
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New Study for Stage 4
I was really heartened to read about this study in the metastatic area of breast cancer. "Stage Four Needs More" is a phrase I've heard a lot and I know several members here have voiced concerns about the number of studies being done. Hope it's of interest. K xox…
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Stress and Breast Cancer - new study
Absolutely fascinating. When I was diagnosed I asked my breast surgeon if stress had played a part. He said that the medical community believed that it did but that it hadn't been proven yet. In the three years prior to my diagnosis I experienced the worst stress of my life. The pull over to the side of the road thinking…
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Help test a new online database that shows interactions between cancer medicines, herbs & vitamins
Hi all, Researchers at Satori Medicine, an independent consulting group, in collaboration with an Expert Committee comprising of consumer representatives, including consumer representatives from Breast Cancer Network Australia, health professionals and other researchers are conducting a study to test, evaluate and report…
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Dumb question
I know I'm not dumb however when something stumps me I think maybe I am! I have an accumulation of drafts that I have started, not completed and probably not relevant if I go back through them. Question - how to delete drafts from my file please and I figure it is probably an easy answer! Goodness me, so frustrating
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What research should we be doing?
Hello BCNA community! This is my first post. I'm a scientist working on breast cancer and I was looking through some of the threads here and it strikes me that the issues we scientists think are the important ones to study may not be the only ones where research is urgently needed. So my questions to you are: What outcomes…
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QUT research study – Share your thoughts about new breast reconstruction technologies
Hi all, Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are undertaking research which aims to combine new breast implant technology (involving three-dimensional printing) with standard methods of breast reconstruction to provide women affected by breast cancer with a reconstruction that has a more natural…