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In this issue...

• A reflection on National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre's achievement
• Cancer Australia and National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre amalgamate
• Not just a woman's disease: Information about breast cancer in men
• New clinical practice guidelines on use of bisphosphonates in advanced breast cancer
• GP online learning on cancer screening
• Understanding ductal carcinoma in situ resource
• New Clinical Update: Ovarian Cancer

In this issue...

• National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre releases Reconciliation Action Plan
• Clinical practice guidelines for external review
• Promoting multidisciplinary care for all patients with cancer
• Shared care demonstration project update
• Virtual classrooms for rural health professionals caring for women with breast cancer
• NBOCC’s topic-specific clinical practice guidelines available in new online format
• Associate Professor John Buckingham

In this issue...

• Virtual classrooms for rural health professionals caring for women with breast cancer
• Supporting Sisters and Aunties to Survive! Summits
• Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 
• World Cancer Day: Cancer can be prevented
• Breast Care Nurses Conference 
• Communication skills training
• Amalgamation of NBOCC and Cancer Australia

In this issue...

• Breakthrough in feasibility of breast cancer staging for population-based cancer registries
• Seeking nurses to participate in psychosocial care study
• National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre at COSA
• Annual Report 2009-10
• Season’s greetings from NBOCC

In this issue...

• Starting a conversation about secondary cancer
• Meeting the rural challenge
• Helping women in rural areas stay in touch
• Well Women Workshop grants awarded
• Investigation of pathways to diagnosis for women in Australia with ovarian cancer
• Report to the Nation: Breast cancer 2010
• Clinical practice guidelines: Recommendations for the use of bisphosphonates
• Staff News

In this issue...

• New chemotherapy recommendations to guide health professionals in the treatment of women with advanced breast cancer
• Seeding grants awarded to improve local support for women diagnosed with breast cancer
• New resource to support breast cancer awareness workshops for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
• Promoting clinical best practice in the treatment of ovarian cancer
• Rural health professionals - register now for secondary breast cancer satellite broadcast
• Supporting Sisters and Aunties to Survive! Summits to wrap up in Broome
• Join us for Australia's premier Pink Ribbon Events!

In this issue...

• Message from the CEO, Dr Helen Zorbas
• Shared care demonstration sites announced
• New clinical practice recommendations for follow-up care of women with early breast cancer
• Satellite broadcasts for rural health professionals – register now!
• Online breast cancer modules for rural health professional – now live
• NBOCC Forum: post surgical care for women with early breast cancer
• Supporting Sisters and Aunties to Survive!
• Recent Research – tell us what you think

In this issue...

• New Chair appointed for NBOCC Board of Directors
• Online breast cancer lectures for rural health professionals
• Supporting Sisters and Aunties to Survive! Breast cancer summits for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and health workers
• Ductal carcinoma in situ and risk of subsequent invasive breast cancer
• Communicating a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ
• Are you a health professional working in breast or ovarian cancer?
• Staff News

In this issue...

• Latest ovarian cancer statistics released
• Report to the Nation: Ovarian Cancer 2010
• New online tool assesses family history of breast and ovarian cancer
• World Cancer Day – 4 February
• Does your breast diagnostic service meet NBOCC’s standard of care?
• In the News: Anti-depressants and the effectiveness of tamoxifen
• Recent Research: service for health professionals
• Staff news

In this issue...

• Vale Sue Lockwood AM: a passionate breast cancer advocate
• Scholarships awarded to improve local breast cancer care
• 2008-09 Annual Report
• Examining ovarian cancer management in Australia
• Encourage your breast diagnostic service to complete NBOCC's new online assessment
• Recent Research: service for health professionals
• Season’s Greetings from NBOCC
• Staff news

In this issue...

• Shared care: new approaches to follow-up care after early breast cancer
• Informing best practice for breast and ovarian cancer patients
• Support for women in the transition to palliative care
• Encourage your breast diagnostic service to complete the new online assessment
• Recent Research: service now available for health professionals
• In the News: Melbourne trial investigates breast regrowth following mastectomy
• Thank you for attending NBOCC’s Pink Ribbon Events
• Staff update

In this issue...

• Latest Australian breast cancer statistics released
• Men find support in breast cancer audio resource
• NBOCC launches redeveloped website
• New online assessment tool for breast diagnostic services
• Australian experts agree: no evidence to support ovarian cancer screening
• New online training module for GPs - 'Managing breast symptoms'
• Recent Research: New resource for health professionals
• Staff news

In this issue...

• NBOCC pilots wiki technology to streamline external review of clinical practice guidelines
• Review of breast cancer risk factors now available
• Polo Ralph Lauren Pink Pony Campaign Scholarships – applications open soon
• In the News - Research into link between human papillomavirus and breast cancer
• NBOCC Pink Ribbon Events
• Paying Tribute

The latest news from the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) for August 2009.

The latest news from the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) for July 2009.

The latest news from the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) for June 2009.

The latest news from the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) for May 2009.

The latest news from the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) for April 2009.

The latest news from the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) for March 2009.