6 May 2021
Eastern Eyre joins the fight to find and improve breast and gynaecological cancer treatments.
Please wear some pink for the cause and donate at both venues this weekend.
Activities and fund raisers will be undertaken at Port Neil and Kimba, please get involved and support this great cause, details are in the graphics on this page. EEFL and EENA thank both Ports and Kimba Districts for their initiatives.
An understanding cancer book is available below in pdf or please go to the Cancer Council site for more information. Link to the National Breast Cancer Foundation is also provided:
To: Cancer Council of Australia
To: National Breast Cancer Foundation
What is breast cancer ?
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in Australia (apart from non-melanoma skin cancer) and the second most common cancer to cause death in women, after lung cancer.
Breast cancer is the abnormal growth of the cells lining the breast lobules or ducts. These cells grow uncontrollably and have the potential to spread to other parts of the body. Both men and women can develop breast cancer, although it is uncommon in men. Transwomen, non-binary people can also get breast cancer.
Transgender and gender-diverse people can also get breast cancer. A transgender woman taking medication to lower male hormones and boost female hormones may have an increased risk of developing breast cancer.
In Australia, the overall five year survival rate for breast cancer in females is 91%. If the cancer is limited to the breast, 96% of patients will be alive five years after diagnosis; this figure excludes those who die from other diseases. If the cancer has spread to the regional lymph nodes, five year relative survival drops to 80%.
In 2016, 17,354 women and 138 men were diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia. The risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer by age 85 is 1 in 8 for women and 1 in 651 for men.
In 2018, 2999 women and 35 men died of breast cancer in Australia.It is estimated that 19,807 women and 167 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020.
The five year survival rate is 91%.
Learn more about how Cancer Council funded researchers are developing new treatments for hard to treat breast cancers.
Last Modified on 07/05/2021 13:02