This is what we are up against
In the past 10 years, breast cancer diagnoses in Australia have increased by 21%. Each day 57 people in Australia are diagnosed with breast cancer and 9 people lose their lives to this disease. Each death is one too many, and research is critical to better understand, prevent, detect, treat and stop breast cancer and ultimately save lives from the disease.
Where your money goes
When you Step Up to Breast Cancer by completing 57km throughout August and raising funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), you're supporting world-class breast cancer research. Ongoing research is critical to better understand, prevent, detect treat and stop breast cancer and ultimately create a better future for the 57 Australians diagnosed with breast cancer every day.
The more we raise, the more research we can fund. We need your help to fund research into:
Meet some of our NBCF-funded reserachers
In 2024 the NBCF awarded $13.5 million into 19 world-class research projects with a focus on understanding genetic drivers of breast cancer in young women, how technology can be used to improve breast cancer screening, and how breast cancer cells survive and spread informing better treatment options for some aggressive forms of breast cancer.
Click below to meet some of our NBCF-funded researchers who have stepped up to the challenge to help us reach our goal of Zero Deaths from breast cancer.
Professor Jane Visvader
WALTER AND ELIZA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESERACH
Project name: Working towards a prevention strategy for individuals with a faulty BRCA2 gene.
Prof Jane Visvader aims to reveal new precision prevention strategies and therapeutic targets for individuals with a BRCA2 mutation who have a 70% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer.
Associate Professor Nicole Verrills
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE
Project name: New therapeutic approach for treatment-resistant estrogen receptor positive breast cancer.
Using preclinical models, A/Prof Nicole Verrills will test a novel combination treatment to enhance the responsiveness of treatment resistant estrogen receptor positive breast cancer to endocrine therapy.
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Doctor Thierry Jarde
MONASH UNIVERSITY
Project name: Developing new therapeutic approaches for combating advanced breast cancer
Dr Thierry Jarde and colleagues aim to reveal the proteins secreted by cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), cells found within tumours, that play a role in communicating signals promoting the growth, survival and spread of cancer cells.
