Cancer Australia

Finding breast cancer early gives the best chance of effective treatment and could save your life. This is what every woman can do to find breast cancer early.

Finding breast cancer early gives the best chance of effective treatment and could save your life. This is what every woman can do to find breast cancer early.

Finding breast cancer early gives the best chance of effective treatment and could save your life. This is what every woman can do to find breast cancer early.

This information sheet in Arabic is to help you better understand the cause of breast changes and the tests which may be needed to find the cause of your breast change.

This information sheet is to help you better understand the cause of breast changes and the tests which may be needed to find the cause of your breast change.

This information sheet is to help you better understand the cause of breast changes and the tests which may be needed to find the cause of your breast change.

This information sheet is to help you better understand the cause of breast changes and the tests which may be needed to find the cause of your breast change.

This booklet aims to give information to women with early breast cancer, their partners, family and friends. The booklet will help you make decisions about your treatment and care, but it is not a substitute for your doctor’s advice.

The booklet is available in other languages too (see resource library for details)

This booklet in Arabic aims to give information to women with early breast cancer, their partners, family and friends. The booklet will help you make decisions about your treatment and care, but it is not a substitute for your doctor’s advice.

This booklet in Chinese aims to give information to women with early breast cancer, their partners, family and friends. The booklet will help you make decisions about your treatment and care, but it is not a substitute for your doctor’s advice.

Finding breast cancer early gives the best chance of effective treatment and could save your life. This is what every woman can do to find breast cancer early.

Finding breast cancer early gives the best chance of effective treatment and could save your life. This is what every woman can do to find breast cancer early.

This information sheet in Vietnamese is to help you better understand the cause of breast changes and the tests which may be needed to find the cause of your breast change.

This booklet in Greek aims to give information to women with early breast cancer, their partners, family and friends. The booklet will help you make decisions about your treatment and care, but it is not a substitute for your doctor’s advice.

This booklet in Italian aims to give information to women with early breast cancer, their partners, family and friends. The booklet will help you make decisions about your treatment and care, but it is not a substitute for your doctor’s advice. 24 page booklet.

This booklet in Vietnamese aims to give information to women with early breast cancer, their partners, family and friends. The booklet will help you make decisions about your treatment and care, but it is not a substitute for your doctor’s advice. 24 page booklet.

Black and white single A4 page for easier printing and photocopying. For a colour DL version, see  OCL - Ovarian Cancer - the facts (78.45 kB)

Fact sheet about the CA125 test as part of the diagnostic process.

A guide for women with ovarian cancer.

If you have been diagnosed with or are being investigated for DCIS, this booklet aims to assist you in understanding your diagnosis and making decisions about your treatment and care

To understand LCIS, ALH and ADH, it helps to know what your breast looks like on the inside. The breast contains lobules (milk sacs), which produce milk when a woman breastfeeds her baby. The milk travels from the lobules to the nipple through milk ducts.

DL flyer - information for partners supporting women with breast cancer.

Poster - Boys do cry campaign.  Please note: this resource cannot be downloaded, please order this resource.

DVD about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women sharing their experiences of breast cancer. It can be ordered here or viewed online.

This resource is no longer available.

General public: If you are a woman concerned about your family history of breast cancer, we suggest you talk to your GP who can use the on-line familial risk assessment tool (FRA-BOC) to assess your risk.

Health professionals: National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre* developed an on-line tool to assess risk of breast or ovarian cancer designed for use by health professionals Familial Risk Assessment – Breast and Ovarian Cancer (FRA-BOC). This tool covers additional family history scenarios not included in NBOCC* resource Advice about familial aspects of breast cancer and epithelial ovarian cancer: a guide for health professionals (2010).

Provides information for women with metastatic breast cancer, their partners, families and friends. It is largely based on evidence in the Clinical practice guidelines for the management of advanced breast cancer, endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council.

This booklet is intended for use primarily by breast surgeons, breast specialists, oncologists, family cancer clinics and genetic counselling services.

Provides information to help women better understand what breast changes are, how the doctor may investigate breast changes, and how to make sure they are receiving the best health care available.