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The following is a list of the publications available from
the National Breast Cancer Centre. You can link to the NBCC
site to order or preview the documents or to download them
where available.
General Information
Reports, research and data reviews
- Australia's first national breast cancer conference for
women - Making a difference: actions recommended by women
with breast cancer for the benefit of the Australian community
- Breast cancer research in Australia: current research
and future priorities
- Catalogue of resources on breast health and breast cancer
Part 1: Australian resources (1998)
- Don't ask for an opinion - ask for a scalpel: Print media
coverage of breast cancer in Australia in 1995
- Evaluation of a breast cancer information training package
for the Cancer Information Service
- WEBSITE ONLY Review of public materials intended for general
dissemination: executive summary
Information for consumers
- Woman and breast cancer (set of 5 radio programs on cassette)
$22 each* (incl.GST)
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Early Detection and Diagnosis
Guidelines and recommendations
- Breast-self examination: a position statement from the
national Breast Cancer Centre
- Investigation of a new breast symptom: a guide for general
practitioners. (card)
- Pathology reporting of breast cancer: a guide for pathologists,
surgeons and radiologists. (CAN)
- Screening women aged 40-49 years: a summary of the evidence
for health professionals
Reports, research and data reviews
- Breast self examination and the early detection of breast
cancer: a summary of the evidence for health professionals
- Effectiveness of breast self-examination: a literature
review
- Evidence relevant to guidelines for the investigation
of breast symptoms
- Investigation of a new breast symptom: an audit in general
practice
- National audit of pathology reporting of breast cancer:
a summary
- Perceptions of screening mammography amongst women aged
40-49
- Prevalence, screening and management of atypical hyperplasia
and lobular carcinoma in situ
- Prognosis and management of women with ductal carcinoma
in situ of the breast: a review
- Review of the evidence about the value of mammographic
screening in 40-49 year old women
Information for consumers
- Breast changes: what you need to know (booklet)
- What you do after you find a change in your breast could
change your life (poster)
- What you do after you find a change in your breast could
change your life (brochure)
- WEBSITE ONLY New technologies in breast cancer diagnosis:
information update
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Risk Factors
Guidelines and recommendations
- Advice about familial aspects of breast cancer and ovarian
cancer: a guide for health professionals (card)
Reports, research and data reviews
- Psychosocial factors and the risk of developing breast
cancer (review)
- Some public health issues in the current state of genetic
testing for breast cancer in Australia
- Summary of risk factors for breast cancer
Information for consumers
- Breast cancer and family history: what you need to know
(booklet)
- Information for women considering preventive mastectomy
because of a strong family history of cancer. NB This booklet
is intended for use primarily by breast surgeons, breast
specialists, oncologists, family cancer clinics and genetic
counselling services.
- WEBSITE ONLY Best advise on familial aspects of breast
cancer: a guide for general practitioners. Phase 2: Evaluation
- WEBSITE ONLY Diet and breast cancer (review)
- WEBSITE ONLY Current best advice about familial aspects
of breast cancer: a guide for general practitioners (card)
- WEBSITE ONLY Evaluation of best advice on familial aspects
of breast cancer for general practitioners
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Statistics
Guidelines and recommendations
- Ascertainment and reporting of interval cancers within
the BreastScreen Australia Program
- Current recording and registration practices for carcinoma
in situ of the breast in Australasian State and Territory
cancer registries
- NPR National protocol for recording 1. size, nodal status
and grade of invasive breast cancer, 2. carcinoma in situ
Reports, research and data reviews
- Breast Cancer in Australian women, 1921-1994
- Breast Cancer in Australian women, 1982-1996
- Ductal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS): Cancer Monitoring No
1
- Breast Cancer survival in Australian women 1982-1994
- Breast Cancer survival in NSW in 1973 to 1995
- Ductal carcinoma in situ in NSW women in 1995 to 1997
- Surgical management of breast cancer in Australia in 1995
- Trends in the incidence, surgical management and survival
of breast cancer patients over 13 years in WA 1982-1994
WEBSITE ONLY Report on the 1996 health survey
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Support
Guidelines and recommendations
- Psychosocial clinical practice guidelines: providing
information, support and counselling for women with breast
cancer
Reports, research and data reviews
- An examination of procedures reimbursed under Medicare
for breast disease and breast cancer in Australia, 1985
- 1996
- Breast reconstruction: a review of research and patient
and professional resources
- Cost of diagnostic investigations for women presenting
with breast symptoms, The
- Experience of diagnosis; information and support needs
of women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ
- Encouraging research into lymphoedema: a report on the
summit held on 25 and 26 February 2000
- Encouraging research into lymphoedema: a register of lymphoedema
research
- Lymphoedema: prevalence, risk factors and management:
a review of research
- Lymphoedema prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Literature
search
- Needs of children of mothers with advanced breast cancer
- Out-of-pocket expenses incurred by women for diagnosis
and treatment of breast cancer in Australia
- Psychosocial impact of breast cancer: a summary of the
literature 1986-1996
- Psychosocial support for breast cancer patients: a review
of Interventions by specialist providers. A summary of the
literature 1976-1996
- Psychosocial support for breast cancer patients provided
by members of the treatment team. A summary of the literature
1976-1996
- Specialist breast nurses: an evidence-based model for
Australian practice
- Strengthening support for women with breast cancer: a
background paper
- Supplementary report on the effects of treatment on quality
of life
- Talking about prognosis with women who have early breast
cancer: what they prefer to know and guidelines to help
explain in effectively
- WEBSITE ONLY A consumer's guide to early breast cancer
- WEBSITE ONLY Breast reconstruction: a review of the research
and patient and professional resources
- WEBSITE ONLY Satisfaction with breast cancer care: a summary
of the literature 1984-1994
- WEBSITE ONLY Strengthening support for women with breast
cancer: principles, outcomes and models paper
Information for consumers
- Breast reconstruction: your decision (video)
- When the woman you love has advanced breast cancer (cassette)
$11 each* (incl. GST)
- When the woman you love has early breast cancer (cassette)
$11 each* (incl. GST)
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Treatment
Guidelines and recommendations
- Clinical practice guidelines for the management of early
breast cancer (NB guideline is being revised)
- Management of early breast cancer for GPs: action based
on evidence. (card) (NB guideline is being revised)
- WEBSITE ONLY Radiotherapy and breast cancer
Reports, research and data reviews
- Management of the Axilla in women with breast cancer
- Management of advanced breast cancer: systematic reviews
of randomised controlled trials regarding the use of cytotoxic
chemotherapy and endocrine therapy
- Should women take part in clinical trials in breast cancer?
The issues and some solutions
Information for consumers
- All about early breast cancer (booklet) (NB booklet is
being revised)
- All about early breast cancer (cassette)
- All about early breast cancer (CD ROM) $16.50 (incl. GST)
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Corporate
- Annual report 1999-2000: Achieving sustainable change
- Annual report 1998-1999: Partnerships to improve breast
cancer control
- Strategic Directions June 1999 - June 2003
- WEBSITE ONLY Annual report 1995-1996: Translating research
into action
- WEBSITE ONLY Annual report 1996-1997: Improving breast
cancer control
- WEBSITE ONLY Annual report 1997-1998: National directions
in breast cancer control
- WEBSITE ONLY Consultative report: summary and outcomes.
Volume 1
- WEBSITE ONLY Consultative report: reports from State/Territory
workshops. Volume 2
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Flyers and Posters
- All about early breast cancer (poster)
- Breast reconstruction your decision (flyer)
- Breast changes? Take action. Ask your GP (poster)
- Breast changes? Take action. Ask your librarian (poster)
- GP actions for the patient with early breast cancer (sheet
of 6 stickers)
- What you do after you find a change in your breast could
change your life (poster)
- What you do after you find a change in your breast could
change your life (brochure)
- Women and breast cancer (flyer for the radio program)
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Multicultural Information
Reports, research and data reviews
- Breast cancer and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
women
Information for consumers
- Healthy breasts (Arabic booklet)
- Healthy breasts (Greek booklet)
- Healthy breasts (Italian booklet)
- Healthy breasts (Polish booklet)
- WEBSITE ONLY Exploring cultural attitudes to breast cancer:
towards the development of culturally appropriate information
resources
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Newsletters, Catalogues and
Annual Reports
- Breast news (quarterly). Please add my name to the mailing
list
- Breast Fax (monthly via fax). Please add my name to the
distribution list, my fax number is below
- Breast Fax (monthly via e-mail). Please add my name to
the distribution list, my e-mail address in below
- Clinical Update (quarterly). Please add my name to the
mailing list
- WEBSITE ONLY Review of materials about breast health and
breast cancer intended for general dissemination
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Professional
Guidelines and recommendations
- Cameo-B: A model curriculum for medical students: breast
cancer modules $54.95 each* (incl GST)
- Legal implications of clinical practice guidelines (a
recommendations paper)
- Medicolegal implications of clinical practice guidelines
in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer and legal
implications of clinical practice guidelines (a recommendation
paper)
- Medicolegal implications of clinical practice guidelines
in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer and legal
implications of clinical practice guidelines: an executive
summary
Reports, research and data reviews
- Drivetime radio with Dr John D'Arcy. Medical edition
#33. Side B: Living with breast cancer: key issues in familial
aspects of breast cancer, determining risk factors and patient
counselling: the management of early breast cancer
- Drivetime radio with Dr John D'Arcy. Medical edition $39.
Side A: Breast cancer guidelines for the diagnosis of symptomatic
women
- Medicine and the Law (MJA Article)
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