Cancer Australia

A list of breast cancer data reports is provided below.

Below is a list of National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC)* data reports. To view further breast and ovarian cancer research, reviews and reports, please visit the resource library section of this site. You may also find it useful to visit the Cancer Australia website, which provides evidence-based information and resources across a range of cancers.

• Breast cancer staging and treatment: Data linkage report
  Publication date: November 2010
  Report from National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre* and Victorian Cancer Registry reporting on the development and testing of a means of collecting Tumour, Node and Metastases (TNM) stage information for breast cancer by population based cancer registries. Includes an evaluation of the accuracy and completeness of the resulting TNM data.

• NBOCC* and RACS National Public Health Monitoring Series 2008 data
  Publication date: August 2010
  Report from the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre* and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons reporting on results from the National Breast Cancer Audit for 2008. Includes data for Australian women with early invasive breast cancer treated by breast surgeons participating in the National Breast Cancer Audit in 2008.
  
  • NBOCC* and RACS National Public Health Monitoring Series 2007 data
    Publication date: March 2009
    Report from the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre* and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons reporting on results from the National Breast Cancer Audit for 2007. Includes data for Australian women with early invasive breast cancer treated by breast surgeons participating in the National Breast Cancer Audit in 2007.
  • NBOCC* and RACS National Public Health Monitoring Series 2006 data
    Publication date: November 2009
    Report from the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre* and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons reporting on results from the National Breast Cancer Audit for 2006. Includes data for Australian women with early invasive breast cancer treated by breast surgeons participating in the National Breast Cancer Audit in 2006.

• Risk of invasive breast cancer in women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ in Australia between 1995 and 2005
  Publication date: March 2010
  This study provides the first Australian data on the risk of subsequent invasive breast cancer following a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ.

• Breast cancer in Australia: an overview, 2009
  Publication date: October 2009
  Breast cancer in Australia: an overview, 2009 brings together under one cover the most up-to date national statistical information available on the epidemiology, public health and health services impact of breast cancer in Australia.
  • Breast Cancer in Australia, an overview 2006
    Publication date: October 2006

• Breast cancer risk factors - a review of the evidence (resource RFRW)
  Publication date: July 2009
  Breast cancer risk factors: a review of the evidence, an up-to-date review of epidemiological studies about risk factors for breast cancer, including gender, age, family history, place of residence, hormone levels, lifestyle factors, medical history and environmental factors.

• National Data Strategy for Breast and Ovarian Cancer
  Publication date: February 2008
  Report summarising National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre's* National Data Strategy to improve access to information about breast and ovarian cancer.

• Breast cancer survival by size and nodal status
  Publication date: October 2007
  Report produced by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australasian Association of Cancer Registries and National Breast Cancer Centre**, providing relative survival data up to nine years after diagnosis for women diagnosed in Australia with breast cancer in 1997.

** In February 2008, National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC), incorporating the Ovarian Cancer Program, changed its name to National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC). In July 2011, NBOCC amalgamated with Cancer Australia to form a single national agency, Cancer Australia, to provide leadership in cancer control and improve outcomes for Australians affected by cancer.