Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
Tackling side-effects of chemotherapy
September 2018
Research Grant
What is the problem and who is affected?
Delayed nausea and vomiting are awful side-effects of breast cancer chemotherapy. Nausea is rated as the most distressing side effect and vomiting the third most distressing by patients receiving chemotherapy. Between half and 80 percent of patients suffer these side-effects.
What is this research hoping to achieve?
We've committed $250,000 to a new clinical trial that will test the availability of a cheap, widely available drug to prevent them. The PantoCIN trial, lead by medical oncologists Richard Isaacs and Navin Wewala from Palmerston North Hopsital, will recruit 164 patients at up to nine hospitals around New Zealand.
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SeptemberResearch Grant
Tackling side-effects of chemotherapy
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SeptemberResearch Grant
Virus-based vaccine for TNBC
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AugustResearch Grant
Improving equality in breast cancer care
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AugustResearch Grant
Analysis of DCIS data in the Breast Cancer Foundation National Register
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AugustResearch Grant
Gaps in the provision of radiotherapy for early breast cancer
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AugustResearch Grant
Immunotherapy in breast cancer
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JulyResearch Grant
A Vaccine for HER2+ advanced breast cancer
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JulyResearch Grant
Finding a targeted drug for triple negative breast cancer
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JuneResearch Grant
Using fat stem cells to improve breast reconstruction
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JuneResearch Grant
Digital pathology for more accurate breast cancer diagnosis
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April
Ronald Kay Science Fellowship for 2018
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AprilBelinda Scott Fellowship
BCFNZ Belinda Scott Clinical Fellowship for 2018
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MarchResearch Grant
Year 2: Five-year research partnership targets breast cancer vaccine