Secondary Breast Cancer: Finding Breast Cancer Outside the Breast
Duration: 60 minutes
Program ID: 1009b | Purchase Price: $105.00
A project of the Supporting Women in Rural Areas Diagnosed with Breast Cancer Program, funded by the Australian Government and developed by the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre.
Secondary breast cancer, also known as metastatic breast cancer, is breast cancer which has spread to distant sites in the body such as the bone, liver or brain. Most women who present with secondary breast cancer will have already been diagnosed with and treated for early breast cancer, although this will be the first presentation for some .
The prognosis of secondary breast cancer is largely dependent on the site of the metastasis, the disease-free interval and the hormone receptor status of the tumour. Management of secondary breast cancer carries a number of challenges for a woman and her health professionals.
This program considers some of the challenges in management of secondary breast cancer, recent developments in treatment and the psychosocial and supportive care needs of women and their families. A number of new resources for women with secondary breast cancer and their families, developed by the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, are also discussed.
The NBOCC strongly encourages you to fill in a "pre-broadcast survey form" for this program on secondary breast cancer, to provide important feedback about this program. Click here to access this form, which will take approximately two minutes to fill in.
Program Presenters
- Chair: Dr Norman Swan - Presenter of the Health Report on ABC Radio National
- Dr Tony Hobbs - General Practitioner, Cootamundra NSW
- Professor Jane Ingham - Professor of Palliative Care, St Vincent’s Clinical School, Uni of NSW, Sydney, NSW
- Ms Chris Keogh - Palliative Care Nurse, Young, NSW
- Associate Professor Chris Milross - Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.
- Associate Professor Nicholas Wilcken - Director Medical Oncology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney NSW
Learning Outcomes
- identify clinical presentations of secondary breast cancer
- outline the management goals and treatments available for women diagnosed with secondary breast cancer
- define the role of the general practitioner in rural areas in the care of a woman with secondary breast cancer
- define the role of palliative care in the care of a woman with secondary breast cancer
- describe the impact of secondary breast cancer on a woman and her carers
Broadcast Dates
This program was first broadcast on the Foundation's satellite network on Tuesday 31 August 2010.
Funding Bodies
A project of the Supporting Women in Rural Areas Diagnosed with Breast Cancer Program, funded by the Australian Government and developed by the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre.
Accreditation
This program is accredited for CPD/CPE by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, the Royal College of Nursing Australia and the Australian Physiotherapy Association.
