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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.