Breast cancer news

As our friends we always want you to be up to date and in the know about the important work that you support. All the details can be found in the December edition of Spirit - Breast Cancer Care WA's newsletter.

Breast Cancer Care WA is currently seeking applications for Directors of the Board.

Recently the media has reported on a new study by researchers at Monash University which found that Australai's publicly funded BreastScreen program may have led to over-diagnosis and overtreatment of breast cancer.

Australias's first interactive breast awareness iPhone application assists women of all ages to become more breast aware and can be downloaded from Australia's iTunes store at no cost.

The Australian Competition and Sonsumer Commission, Cancer Council Australia and the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) are urging Australian women not to rely on unproven commercial breast imaging technologies to detect breast cancer.