THE STATS
This is what we are up against
Each day, 56 people in Australia are diagnosed with breast cancer and 9 people die to this disease. Each death is one too many, and research is critical to better understand breast cancer and ultimately save lives lost to this disease.
Where your money goes
By completing the Squat Challenge and raising funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), you are helping to fund world-class research focused on precision prevention, detecting breast cancer as early as possible, stopping the progression and recurrence of breast cancer, and treating hard-to-treat and metastatic breast cancer – research that ultimately saves lives. The more we raise, the more research we can fund.
Meet some of our NBCF-funded researchers who are helping us work towards our vision of Zero Deaths from breast cancer.
Professor Christina Mitchell
Project name: Understanding how Estrogen Receptor Positive (ER+) breast cancers evade the immune system
Professor Christina Mitchell aims to investigate how late-relapsed Estrogen Receptor Positive (ER+) breast cancer evades immune detection, with the goal of improving the effectiveness of immunotherapy and potentially discovering biomarkers that predict late recurrence in ER+ breast cancer.
Associate Professor Philip Gregory
Project name: Uncovering new indicators and treatments for triple-negative breast cancer metastasis
Associate Professor Philip Gregory aims to establish whether a novel molecule called ZCCHC24 can indicate the likelihood of Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) spreading and explore the way in which ZCCHC24 reprograms TNBC cells to spread, potentially leading to better treatment options for people facing TNBC
Find out more
About the National Breast Cancer Foundation
The National Breast Cancer Foundation is Australia's leading not-for-profit organisation funding world-class breast cancer research with money raised entirely by the Australian public.
Our vision is simple: stop deaths from breast cancer. How? By identifying, funding and championing world-class research that will help detect, prevent, treat and stop breast cancer and ultimately – save lives.
With your support and generosity, we can achieve our vision of Zero Deaths from breast cancer.
How will you complete your #Squats this March?
Your support funds world-class breast cancer research that will help us achieve our vision of Zero Deaths from breast cancer.
