Breast Cancer Statistics and Research

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Updated December 2011

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Title:   Breast cancer statistics
Publisher:   Cancer Australia
Description:   Cancer Australia providing information about breast cancer and ovarian cancer for women with breast and ovarian cancer health professionals and well women.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Risk of invasive breast cancer in women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero: A review of the evidence - NBOCC* Position statement
Publisher:   Cancer Australia
Description:   NBOCC's position on risk of invasive breast cancer in women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero: A review of the evidence
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Systematic Reviews of Surgery for Breast Cancer
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of surgery for treating breast cancer.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Immediate versus delayed reconstruction following surgery for breast cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Curative treatment of breast cancer requires surgery, which can involve a mastectomy to remove the entire breast. Breast reconstruction following mastectomy can be carried out either immediately or as a delayed procedure. Immediate reconstruction is car...
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2006-2007 and 2007-2008
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Description:   Breast cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in Australian women. This is the tenth report presenting national statistics on key program activity, performance and outcome indicators for BreastScreen Australia, which aims to reduce mortality and morbidity from breast cancer through detecting cancers early.
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Follow-up after breast cancer
Publisher:   Cancer Australia
Description:   Follow-up is recommended after treatment for breast cancer to check whether breast cancer has come back, to monitor side effects of treatment and to provide practical and emotional support.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Risk of invasive breast cancer in women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ in Australia between 1995 and 2005
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents data that show that women who are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are at significantly increased risk of being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer later on in their lives, even though the DCIS would have been treated appropriately at the time.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Breast cancer in Australia: an overview, 2009
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in Australian women with over 12,000 new cases diagnosed in 2006, and projections suggest that the number of new cases will continue to grow. A total of 2,618 women died from breast cancer in 2006, making it the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths for women.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2005-06
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Breast cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in Australian women. The BreastScreen Australia Program aims to reduce mortality and morbidity from breast cancer through detecting cancers early, with over 1.5 million women (56.9%) aged 50-69 years participating in the Program in 2005-2006.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Clinical trials
Publisher:   Cancer Australia
Description:   Clinical trials with cancer patients try to find out whether new approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment are safe and effective. Clinical trials can study new drugs, different doses of the same drug, surgical techniques, radiotherapy, or how cancer services are delivered.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   LHRH agonists for adjuvant therapy of early breast cancer in premenopausal women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   More than half of the premenopausal women who develop breast cancer have a type of cancer that is sensitive to hormones, termed 'oestrogen receptor positive' or ER+ disease. To slow the growth of any cancer cells that remain after surgery, hormonal ther...
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Exercise interventions for upper-limb dysfunction due to breast cancer treatment
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know about the effect of exercise on arm and shoulder movement problems due to breast cancer. Upper-limb dysfunction following breast cancer surgery: The use of upper-limb ROM, stretching and strengt...
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Aromatase inhibitors for treatment of advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Advanced (or metastatic) breast cancer is cancer that has spread beyond the breast and regional lymph node areas. Breast cancer can progress to metastatic disease despite the person undergoing a range of therapies given after initial treatment, such as ...
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2004-2005
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Breast cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer in Australian women. The BreastScreen Australia Program aims to reduce mortality and morbidity from breast cancer by maximising early detection and reports key program activity, performance and outcome indicators to monitor the achievements of the BreastScreen Australia Program.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   NDS - national data strategy for breast and ovarian cancer
Publisher:   Cancer Australia
Description:   A National Data Strategy to improve access to information about breast and ovarian cancer control.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Surgery versus primary endocrine therapy for operable primary breast cancer in elderly women (70 years plus)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   While younger women with early-stage breast cancer almost invariably are treated with surgery plus endocrine therapy, (which deprives the cancer of hormones which induce growth of the cancer), women over the age of 70yrs are frequently offered endocrine...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Systematic Reviews of Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   IOTR - the use of intraoperative radiotherapy for the treatment of patients with early breast cancer
Publisher:   Cancer Australia
Description:   Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is radiotherapy that is administered at the same time as breast conserving surgery directly to the tumour bed.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2003 - 2004
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This is the seventh annual report based on key program activity, performance and outcome indicators to monitor the achievements of the BreastScreen Australia Program.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Breast cancer facts and figures - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Discover some fast facts about breast cancer in Australia, including how common it is, the biggest risk factor, average age of diagnosis and survival rates.
Date:   Jan 2007

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