GoodFellow

Breast health

Date Published

Wednesday, 02 October 2019

Duration

36:23

Category

Womens health

Dr Erica Whineray Kelly talks about breast health in New Zealand. Erica is an oncoplastic breast cancer surgeon and advocate based in Auckland, New Zealand. Erica co-founded and is the Managing Director of both Auckland Breast Centre (ABC) and Focus Radiotherapy.

Topics

Decreasing risk of breast cancer across your lifespan
How much exercise should teenage women be getting
Screening: Māori females and pregnant women have a higher rate of breast cancer
Screening and imaging and new technologies available
Breast self-examination- how effective is it?
Changes in more preoperative neo-adjunctive chemotherapy
Gene testing for breast cancer
MHT post breast cancer
Struggling with breast feeding
What else is on the horizon for breast health?

Take home messages

Mammogram screening: the cost benefit is dramatic
We all need to move more, keep our weight down, eat well and drink less
We need to do more to educate teenagers about the risk of breast cancer
Breast cancer patients in NZ do really well.

Resources

BreastScreen Aotearoa
Increasing the uptake of breast screening bpacnz (2011)
3D mammogram overview Mayo Clinic
What is FRA-BOC? Cancer Australia

Presenter

Dr Erica Whineray Kelly

Breast Cancer Surgeon

Auckland Breast Centre

To contact Erica Click here.

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