Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
News & updates
Our latest news, press releases, blog posts, Pink Ribbon Bulletins & Pink Ribbon Press.
Press release
04 February 2015
BCFNZ marks World Cancer Day with grants to improve knowledge and treatment of local cancers
Today, World Cancer Day, Breast Cancer Foundation NZ announced the winners of its research funding contest for studies based on New Zealand’s breast cancer patient registers, awarding six grants for pilot studies to researchers from Auckland, Waikato, Christchurch and Dunedin.
News
29 January 2015
Promising new advanced TNBC drug accessible for NZ women – at a cost
Results of a small but interesting trial of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for advanced triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) were released in the USA recently.
Press release
24 November 2024
Are we falling behind Australia in terms of access to new cancer drugs? Our reply to PHARMAC's report
In early November PHARMAC published a report investigating whether the differences in the funding of cancer treatments in NZ and Australia impact the health of NZ patients. Below is our response to their report. To read PHARMAC's full report, visit their website.