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 Welcome to the National Breast Cancer Foundation
The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) is the leading community-funded organisation in Australia raising money for research into the prevention, detection and treatment of breast cancer. The NBCF recently achieved a new milestone having now funded $55 million across 230 research programs since 1994.
Pink Ribbon Shop
Our online shop never closes – you can shop 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Visit www.pinkribbonshop.org.au to see the latest pink products, from homewares to sports accessories and fashion, there’s a pink gift for everyone. With all proceeds going to breast cancer research, your gift will mean so much more.
The Luminous Award Australia
 The Luminous Award Australia recognises outstanding journalism in the field of oncology. Hosted by the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia, the Luminous Award Australia honours journalists who server their readers/viewers by providing responsible, accurate and timely information on advances in cancer prevention, research, treatment and patient support.
The Luminous Award Australia offers a cash prize of AU$5,000 in each of two categories – print and broadcast.
The Luminous Award is proudly supported by Eli Lilly Australia.
Click here to download the brochure (253 KB PDF)
Click here to download the nomination form(714 KB PDF)
Qantas - All of Aus
 NBCF Diamond Partner, Qantas, wants to hear your thoughts on what makes Australia special and unique with their ‘All of Aus’ project.
Is it our culture? Is it our people? Is it our determined spirit? Or is it something else entirely? It's a question with no single answer and it's a discussion that every Australian is invited to be a part of at www.allofaus.com.au
You can add your thoughts online or via your mobile with a text, photo or video, and your collective answers will be published in a magazine keepsake, ‘Our Spirit’, that will be available in newspapers across Australia in the last weekend of July.
SMS 1999 8889* with your thoughts or text 'info' for more details.
* Maximum SMS cost is 55 cents (including GST)
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Dear NBCF Supporter
We have been made aware of two products in the market place where the manufacturers/distributors are making claim that they are supporting NBCF. They are Acai Burn and Wu Yi Source Tea.
The NBCF logo represented on the packaging and other promotional materials has been used without the consent of NBCF and we had no knowledge of these products until members of the general public brought them to our attention.
Acai Burn and Wu Yi Source Tea are not endorsed nor in any way associated with NBCF.
Signed
Sue Murray
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RESEARCH NEWS
Call for applications – closing date extended until 31st July 2009
National Collaborative Breast Cancer Research Grant Program is designed to foster wide collaboration between groups of investigators and pooling of knowledge, expertise and resources to enable larger scale or accelerated research programs into the prevention, causes, treatment or management of breast cancer. Funding available is $1 million dollars per annum, for up to 5 years, with the possibility of one renewal contingent on program success and availability of funds
Call for applications is now open. The closing date has been extended until 31st July 2009. Please note that there have been changes made to the Guidelines and Application Form. All applications must contain the updated pages.
Please click here for more information and the updated Application form and Guidelines.
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100,000 women needed - NBCF BreastScreen Australia Cohort Study
NBCF has received an overwhelming number of enquires regarding the NBCF BreastScreen Australia Cohort Study announced by Sarah Murdoch on the 24th September. Your response to the call to action has been fabulous and we thank you. Your interest has reinforced how successful this study can be.
The study is in its infancy. The research team and its collaborators such as BreastScreen are working hard to develop the necessary documents and protocols to ensure that the study runs within ethics approval and is research sound. It is therefore anticipated that recruitment will take place in the first quarter of 2009 in Victoria.
Recruitment in other states will follow in Phase 2.
Please click here for frequently asked questions and answers (190KB)
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NEW STUDY INTO CANCER AND SEXUALITY – HOW YOU CAN HELP
A new NBCF-funded research project from the University of Western Sydney, in partnership with the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the Cancer Council NSW, aims to make the experience of cancer more manageable by helping couples reclaim closeness and intimacy in their relationships.
People with cancer, or who have had cancer, and their intimate partners are invited to take part in the Cancer and Sexuality study.
For more information and to take part, contact 1800 19 20 02; cancerandsexuality@uws.edu.au, or www.uws.edu.au/cancerandsexuality.
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STOP PRESS - GOVERNMENT TO MATCH $2.5 MILLION COMMITMENT TO BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
Click here for details (60KB)
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BREAST CANCER TISSUE BANK – open for business
The Breast Cancer Tissue Bank is open for applications for tissue and other material.
The Breast Cancer Tissue Bank is a non-profit making resource dedicated to providing material and associated data to Australian researchers. Funding is provided by NHMRC, The National Breast Cancer Foundation and the Cancer Institute of NSW.
For enquiries please contact:
Please click here (118KB PDF) for more information.
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