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Following the success of the workshop in Cairns, the NBCC held a workshop on breast cancer in Indigenous women on 7 March in Albury, in conjunction with the 9th National Rural health Conference. 

 

The workshop was attended by 40 people from diverse professional backgrounds, including primary health care, service delivery, cancer control, and health education.  The half-day workshop was based on the Cairns workshop, and featured joint presentations by Dr Helen Zorbas, Director of the National Breast Cancer Centre, and Associate Professor Jacinta Elston, Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Science in Indigenous Health, James Cook University. 

The workshop program included a session on breast cancer incidence, survival and mortality in Indigenous women.  Workshop delegates heard about different Indigenous women’s experiences of breast cancer, and discussed issues around treatment and social and emotional support for Indigenous women with breast cancer and their families.

Presentation slides from the workshop are available for download below.

 

Breast cancer in Indigenous women - A National Breast Cancer Centre Workshop - powerpoint slides ... view pdf (184kb)