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Younger women and breast cancer

The training module, Younger Women and Breast Cancer, is the third in NBOCC's evidence-based General Practitioner Education Series. The module contains all the resources required to host an educational workshop including a PowerPoint presentation, notes for speakers and relevant NBOCC guidelines.
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The pathology reporting of breast cancer: a guide for pathologists, surgeons, radiologists and oncologists

The guide has been updated to reflect the latest evidence and consensus opinion in relation to the handling, examination and reporting of invasive carcinoma and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Includes updated versions of synoptic reports for invasive carcinoma and DCIS.

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Recommendations for use of sentinel node biopsy in early (operable) breast cancer

A clinical practice guideline developed by NBOCC. This document supplements guideline recommendation 9 about axillary node dissection (page 8) and information about sentinel node biopsy (page 57) contained in the Clinical practice guidelines for the management of early breast cancer, 2nd edition 2001.
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News and events

Media Release | 31 October 2008 view other media releases ›

Improving support and care for young women with breast cancer

Today a new National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre resource to support young women with breast cancer has been launched... more »

09 September 2008

The National External Breast Prostheses Reimbursement Program

Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health and Ageing, has announced the National External Breast Prostheses Reimbursement Program, a new Australian Government initiative... more »

Better care, better communication

National Breast Cancer Centre* has launched a new website dedicated to supporting and promoting communication skills training for all cancer health professionals. The Communication skills training section aims to support health professionals to implement evidence-based communication skills training at a local level. It also promotes communication skills as a compulsory professional competence for all health professionals.


	›	Aromatase inhibitors as adjuvant therapy for post-menopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer: Supporting evidence for the national breast cancer centre hormonal therapies guidelines working group. › View Report (pdf 442 kb )

	›	Trastuzumab for Her2-positive breast cancer: a systematic review A systematic review of the best available evidence on the use of trastuzumab (Herceptin®) in breast cancer. › View Report (pdf 540 kb )

	›	Measuring Cancer Care - A National Breast Cancer Centre Workshop Report from the 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia, Melbourne-November 2006. › View Report ( pdf 43 kb)

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The use of intraoperative radiotherapy - for the treatment of patients with early breast cancer
This review was designed to update the report A Systematic Review of Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Early Stage Breast Cancer published in 2002 by ASERNIP-S (Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical).

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Information for GPs released about Herceptin®
The National Breast Cancer Centre* has released information for general practitioners about the breast cancer drug Herceptin® (trastuzumab). This information is based on the recently released clinical practice guidelines for the use of Herceptin.

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New Resources

Multidisciplinary care – what are the medicolegal implications?
4 page summary brochure supplement May 2008

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COSA Plenary symposium report November 2007

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Workshop report June 2007

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Multidisciplinary care for advanced disease: a guide for cancer health professionals

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