The latest news from the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) for May 2009.
Reach to recovery -– One Journey, many people
NBOCC was pleased to support the UICC Reach to Recovery International Breast Cancer Support Conference in Brisbane recently, a worldwide forum for women affected by breast cancer.Bringing together women from across the world, the powerful conference addressed the themes of survivorship, capacity building and peer support, demonstrating the different challenges faced by breast cancer patients and survivors from Kenya to Brazil to Australia.
The conference provided a unique opportunity for Dr Helen Zorbas (CEO, NBOCC), Lyn Swinburne (CEO, Breast Cancer Network Australia) and Sue Murray (CEO, National Breast Cancer Foundation) to present together, outlining the role of each organisation and the way they work collaboratively to achieve genuine improvements for breast cancer patients and their families. The three leaders outlined how NBOCC provides evidence-based information to consumers, the community and health professionals, NBCF funds quality research, and BNCA links and supports families affected by the breast cancer.
The session, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre Interventions for Survivorship, presented an overview of NBOCC’s survivorship initiatives and resources including Cancer - how are you travelling? Understanding the emotional and social impact of cancer; NBOCC’s survivorship website; Breast cancer and early menopause: a guide for younger women; and Understanding lymphoedema.
For more information on NBOCC’s resources and to order online, visit www.nbocc.org.au/resources.
NBOCC finalises 2009-2011 Business Plan
NBOCC’s Board of Directors has approved the 2009-2011 Business Plan, which will bring NBOCC to the conclusion of its Strategic Plan for 2007-2011.
The two-year Business Plan outlines a diverse range of projects to improve outcomes in breast and ovarian cancer through the translation and dissemination of research into evidence-based information, clinical best practice, policy and health service delivery.
NBOCC would like to thank all the members of its Advisory Groups for their invaluable input throughout the business planning process. We look forward to announcing further details about specific projects in upcoming editions of NBOCC News.
Minister Appoints NBOCC Board of Directors
The Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, has appointed three new Directors to the NBOCC Board.
NBOCC is pleased to welcome Professor Christobel Saunders (Western Australia), Professor Patsy Yates (Queensland) and Professor Donald Chalmers (Tasmania) who bring with them considerable expertise in surgery, nursing, and ethics and law.
NBOCC extends its sincere thanks to Associate Professor Fran Boyle and Mrs Lesley McQuire, who have concluded their terms of office on NBOCC’s Board of Directors. A/Prof Boyle and Mrs McQuire generously provided their expertise and dedicated commitment to improving outcomes for women with breast and ovarian cancer throughout their Board appointments.
The current members of the NBOCC Board of Directors are: Dr Megan Keaney (Chair), Ms Rebecca James (Deputy Chair), Professor Donald Chalmers, Associate Professor Jacinta Elston, Ms Julie Flynn, Professor Donald C Iverson, Professor Ian Olver, Professor Christobel Saunders, Ms Lyn Swinburne AM, Ms Deborah Thomas, Professor Patsy Yates and Dr Helen Zorbas.
Guide for women with early breast cancer – tell us what you think?
In March, NBOCC launched the revised edition of its key consumer resource, Guide for women with early breast cancer.
Based on NBOCC’s Clinical practice guidelines for the management of early breast cancer, the Guide incorporates the latest evidence in a new, user-friendly spiral bound format and has proven extremely popular, with over 17,000 copies disseminated since its release in March.
If you have received a copy of NBOCC’s revised Guide for women with early breast cancer, please let us know what you think. An online feedback form has been developed to help us ensure our resources provide useful and relevant information. Click here to complete the short survey.
Staff News
NBOCC is pleased to welcome Project Officer, Emma Lonsdale.
General Manager, Associate Professor Christine Giles has taken on the additional title of Director, Policy and Government Relations.
Clinical Updates
SPECIAL EDITIONThis edition is a special joint issue of Clinical Update – Breast Cancer and Clinical Update – Ovarian Cancer, which includes a commentary by Associate Professor Kelly-Anne Phillips on 'Meta-analysis of risk reduction estimates associated with risk-reducing salpingo- oophorectomy in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers’ ... more »
