BREAST CANCER

Four celebrated Australians reveal how their breast cancer was diagnosed, and the lessons we can learn from their experiences.

Here are 3 updates from the latest research on exercise and breast cancer prevention.

Breast cancer in men is a rare disease, but it is often more advanced at diagnosis compared to breast cancer in women. Why? Because many men do not realise that “breast cancer can happen to a bloke”.

There are some important lessons we can learn from Blanche, Kylie and Angelina about being breast aware.

For Women’s Health Week, I am joined by health reporter Jane Worthington and special guests Liesl Tesch MP Paralympian and Member for Gosford and Margaret Beardslee OAM World Age Duathlon Champion in a special podcast to discuss the importance of screening checks for the 2 most common cancers affecting women.

Our “girls” are with us for the long haul. They are with us as youngsters, as we eagerly await our first training bra. They are an endless source of male fascination in our dating years. They nourish our babies when we nurse and they are fundamentally what makes us well … female.

Queenslander Bianca Innes became the youngest Australian diagnosed with breast cancer at the young age of 20. Whilst breast cancer is far less common in young women, there are still over 900 women under the age of 40 who are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in Australia.

Stay breast healthy with these 5 tips whilst in self-isolation.