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Lymphoedema — what you need to know

This information has been developed to help you understand the signs and symptoms of lymphoedema following treatment for cancer and what you can do to help manage the condition if you develop it.

This resource is currently unavailable.

Lymphoedema - Indigenous consumer brochure

If you have been diagnosed with lymphoedema you may have many questions about your condition. Talking to your doctor is important. This brochure may also be able to answer some of your questions.

Lymphoedema — what you need to know (Arabic)

This information has been developed to help you understand the signs and symptoms of lymphoedema following treatment for cancer and what you can do to help manage the condition if you develop it.

Lymphoedema — what you need to know (Chinese)

This information has been developed to help you understand the signs and symptoms of lymphoedema following treatment for cancer and what you can do to help manage the condition if you develop it.

Lymphoedema — what you need to know (Greek)

This information has been developed to help you understand the signs and symptoms of lymphoedema following treatment for cancer and what you can do to help manage the condition if you develop it.

Lymphoedema — what you need to know (Italian)

This information has been developed to help you understand the signs and symptoms of lymphoedema following treatment for cancer and what you can do to help manage the condition if you develop it.

Lymphoedema — what you need to know (Vietnamese)

This information has been developed to help you understand the signs and symptoms of lymphoedema following treatment for cancer and what you can do to help manage the condition if you develop it.

Understanding lymphoedema - DL brochure

DL brochure summarising Lymphoedema – what you need to know.

Understanding lymphoedema leaflet (Arabic)

Leaflet summarising Lymphoedema – what you need to know.

Understanding lymphoedema. DL brochure (Chinese)

DL brochure summarising Lymphoedema – what you need to know.

Understanding lymphoedema. DL brochure (Greek)

DL brochure summarising Lymphoedema – what you need to know.

Understanding lymphoedema. DL brochure (Italian)

DL brochure summarising Lymphoedema – what you need to know.

Understanding lymphoedema. DL brochure (Vietnamese)

DL brochure summarising Lymphoedema – what you need to know.

Cancer - how are you travelling?

Understanding the emotional and social impact of cancer

Online version available. Now available in print.

Breast cancer won't wait

NBCC's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign 2007 - DL Flyer

Breast cancer won't wait

A4 Poster

NBCC's Awareness Campaign 2007 - Poster

A guide for women with early breast cancer

'A guide for women with early breast cancer' gives information and support to women with early breast cancer, their partners, family and friends. It aims to help them make decisions about their treatment and care. Please note there have been updates to this resource. You can download these updates below. If ordering hard copies of this resource, you will be sent the updates automatically.

'A guide for women with early breast cancer' is currently under revision and will be re-issued in late 2008. Due to limited stock of the current edition, order numbers may be limited. Please ring 1800 624 973 with any queries.

Information about trastuzumab (Herceptin®) for patients with early breast cancer

This information has been developed to help you understand and make decisions about the use of trastuzumab (Herceptin®) for the treatment of early breast cancer.

Information about trastuzumab (Herceptin®) for patients with metastatic breast cancer

This information has been developed to help you understand and make decisions about the use of trastuzumab (Herceptin®) for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.

Lymphoedema following treatment for breast cancer

This information has been developed to help you understand the signs and symptoms of lymphoedema following treatment for breast cancer, how to reduce the risk of developing lymphoedema and what you can do to help manage the condition if you develop it.

This information replaces Chapter 13: Lymphoedema in the National Breast Cancer Centre’s A Guide for Women with Early Breast Cancer 2003.

What every woman should know - DVD

This short DVD, developed by the National Breast Cancer Centre, is packed with evidence-based, factual information and answers women’s most frequently asked questions about breast cancer.

Ovarian Cancer - the facts: Arabic translation

Arabic translation of OCL resource

Ovarian Cancer - the facts: Chinese translation

Chinese translation of OCL resource

Ovarian Cancer - the facts: Greek translation

Greek translation of OCL resource

Ovarian Cancer - the facts: Italian translation

Italian translation of OCL resource

Ovarian Cancer - the facts: Vietnamese translation

Vietnamese translation of OCL resource

Hormonal therapies for women with early breast cancer

This information has been developed to help you understand and make decisions about hormonal therapies for the treatment of breast cancer.

This information replaces Chapter 8: Hormonal Therapies in the National Breast Cancer Centre’s A Guide for Women with Early Breast Cancer (2003) - resource code EBC

Ovarian Cancer - the facts

DL information fact sheet

Printed version of the OFG document

Postcard - breast cancer in men website

A promotional resource to advertise our breast cancer in men website

Breast cancer: finding it early could save your life (Arabic)

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.

For the english version of this document see: http://www.breasthealth.com.au/earlydetection/english.html

Breast Cancer - Finding It Early Could Save Your Life (chinese version)

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.

For the english version of this document see: http://www.breasthealth.com.au/earlydetection/english.html

Breast Cancer - Finding It Early Could Save Your Life (Greek version)

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.

For the english version of this document see: http://www.breasthealth.com.au/earlydetection/english.html

Breast Cancer - Finding It Early Could Save Your Life (Italian version)

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.

For the english version of this document see: http://www.breasthealth.com.au/earlydetection/english.html

Breast Cancer - Finding It Early Could Save Your Life (Vietnamese version)

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.

Do you have a breast change? (Arabic version)

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.

Do you have a breast change? (Chinese version)

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.

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Do you have a breast change? (Greek version)

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.

Do you have a breast change? (Italian version)

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.

Information for women with early breast cancer (Arabic)

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.

Do you have a breast change? (Vietnamese version)

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.

For the english version of this document see: http://www.breasthealth.com.au/earlydetection/english.html

Information for women with early breast cancer (Chinese)

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.

Information for women with early breast cancer (Greek)

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.

Information for women with early breast cancer (Italian)

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.

Information for women with early breast cancer (Vietnamese)

24 page

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.

Epithelial ovarian cancer – Understanding your diagnosis and treatment.

A guide for women with ovarian cancer.

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) – Understanding your diagnosis and treatment

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

Boys Do Cry - leaflet

DL leaflet

Boys Do Cry - poster

A4 sized poster to support Boys Do Cry campaign

Only available in print

Tear off pad of information sheets

Information sheets - Do you have breast cancer in your family? (CYF) Do you have a breast change? (BCH)

A guide for women with metastatic breast cancer

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.

Temporarily out of stock

Breast changes: what you need to know

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.

Empowering Young Women with Early Breast Cancer DVD

A DVD resource for younger women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, their partners, family and friends.

DVD

When the woman you love has advanced breast cancer – CD (Boys Do Cry)

This CD provides information to men about supporting a woman through advanced breast cancer

When the woman you love has early breast cancer - CD (Boys do Cry)

This CD provides information to men about supporting a woman through early breast cancer

The pathology reporting of breast cancer: a guide for pathologists, surgeons, radiologists and oncologists (3rd edition).

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.

Recommendations for use of endocrine therapy for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer

A clinical practice guideline developed by NBOCC. This document supplements guideline recommendations 22, 24a and 24b about the use of endocrine therapy in National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Advanced Breast Cancer, 2nd edition, 2001 (page 9).

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

MDC principles for advanced disease are based on the Principles of Multidisciplinary Care developed by the NBCC and adapted to reflect the role of MDC teams in the advanced disease setting.

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.

Recommedations for use of Taxane-containing chemotherapy regimens for the treatment of early (operable) breast cancer

A clinical practice guideline developed by NBOCC. This document supplements systemic adjuvant therapy guideline recommendations 12-22 (pp 8-10), specially those about chemotherapy regimens contained in the Clinical practice guidelines for the management of early breast cancer, 2nd edition 2001

The management of secondary lymphoedema - a guide for health professionals.

The guide has been developed to support Health professionals in the care of men and women who develop lymphoedema after treatment for cancer.

National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre’s Psychosocial care referral checklist provides a simple way for health professionals to identify patients at higher risk of psychosocial distress who may benefi t from additional assessment and appropriate referral for psychosocial care. The purpose of the Psychosocial care referral checklist is not to diagnose psychiatric disorders.

A tear off pad containing: - explanatory notes - psychosocial care referral checklist - distress themometer - a tool for managing distress

Breast imaging: a guide for practice

The guide’s focus is on breast imaging that occurs outside of the BreastScreen Australia Program.

Recommendations for use of Trastuzumab (Herceptin®) for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer

The National Breast Cancer Centre’s guidelines provide guidance for clinicians about the use of Herceptin® in the treatment of both early and advanced disease.

Synoptic breast imaging report

The National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC) Synoptic breast imaging report is a lesion-based synoptic report using a five-point classification system.

Synoptic breast imaging report reference card

Recommendations for aromatase inhibitors as adjuvant endocrine therapy for post-menopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer

This document supplements guideline recommendation 19 about the use of tamoxifen for the management of post-menopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer contained in the NBCC Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Early Breast Cancer, 2nd edition, 2001 (page 9).

Advice about familial aspects of breast cancer and ovarian cancer: a guide for health professionals

The guidelines have been developed to cover familial aspects of both breast and ovarian cancer.

The investigation of a new breast symptom. A guide for GPs.

This guide indicates steps to be taken in investigating symptoms that could be breast cancer. The individual patient history and circumstances etc.

Assessment of symptoms that may be ovarian cancer: a guide for GPs

The information in this guide is intended to assist general practioners assess if a woman with persistent, unexplained symptoms may have ovarian cancer. The guide is based on the Clinical practice guidelines for the management of women with epithelial ovarian cancer.

Multidisciplinary meetings for cancer care

A guide for Health Service Providers

Breast fine needle aspiration cytology and core biopsy; a guide for practice.

Intended to assist all clinicians involved in the investigation of women with breast symptoms or image-detected breast lesions, primarily pathologists, surgeons and radiologists.

Clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of adults with cancer.

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the psychosocial care of adults with cancer - A summary guide

A summary developed to assist health professionals in providing optimal evidence-based pyschosocial care for adults with cancer, and their families.

Clinical practice guidelines for the management of women with epithelial ovarian cancer

Clinical practice guidelines for the management and support of younger women with breast cancer

This document provides information assisting younger women and their doctors in making decisions about all aspects of breast cancer care.

The clinical management of Ductal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS), Lobular Carcinoma in situ (LCIS) and atypical hyperplasia of the breast.

The overall purpose is to inform the reader about current best practice in the diagnosis and management of these conditions.

Clinical practice guidelines for the management of advanced breast cancer

Clinical practice guidelines for the management of early breast cancer (2nd ed.)

Clinical practice guidelines for the management of early breast cancer aims to be a document useful for both health professionals and consumers.

Medico-legal implications of multidisciplinary treatment planning meetings (MDC)

4 page summary brochure supplement

General Practitioner Education Series - Workshop Kit

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP KIT IS INTENDED AS A TRAINING RESOURCE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ONLY. Developed to support GPs in the care of women with breast and ovarian cancer and in the investigation of women who present with symptoms that may be due to breast or ovarian cancer. The second workshop module assessing symptoms that may be ovarian cancer is now available.

Divisions will be provided with a Workshop Kit containing all the resources required to host their own workshops for local members.

Multidisciplinary care – what are the medicolegal implications? (MDC)

Report from a plenary symposium held at the 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia

My Story DVD & Booklet

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women sharing their experiences of breast cancer. A resource for health workers.

DVD resource and booklet

Annual Report 2006-2007

Vision for the future

NBCC's new four-year strategic plan 2007-2011

NBCC Annual Report 2004-2005

NBCC Annual Report 2003 – 2004

National Breast Cancer Centre's Strategic Directions 2004-2007

NBCC - 2003 The year in review