National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre

Directory of Hospital Breast Cancer Services

Diagnostic services  |  Breast surgery  |  Radiotherapy  |  Chemotherapy  |  Multidisciplinary care  |  Information for women  |  Psychosocial and supportive care  |  Palliative care  |  Genetic counselling  |  Lymphoedema treatment  |  Clinical trials  |  Written protocols  |  Data collection and review  |  Transport, parking and accommodation

Palliative care

Palliative care includes care at home or in hospitals, hospices or palliative care units for people whose disease cannot be cured. Palliative care focuses not only on physical symptoms but in emotional well-being, relationships with others and spiritual needs.

Palliative care includes more than care for people who are dying. Any treatment that the woman may have for metastatic breast cancer that helps reduce her symptoms and improves her quality of life, such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy can also be called palliative care.

There are benefits in establishing contact with a specialist palliative care service, even while the woman is relatively well.

Click here for further information on palliative care.

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Annual Report 2006 - 2007

Download the Annual Report from the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC).

Mission

National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre will play a lead role in national cancer control and in improving cancer care, through an evidence-based approach to informing best practice, health systems reform and policy.

Vision

To reduce mortality and improve the wellbeing of those diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer.

National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre - making a difference in women’s health

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