This is what we are up against
Each day, 58 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
When you Step Up to Breast Cancer by completing 58km throughout August, the funds you raise for the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) support world-class breast cancer research. Ongoing research is critical to better understand, prevent, detect, treat and stop breast cancer and ultimately create better treatment outcomes for the 58 Australians diagnosed with breast cancer every day.
The more we raise, the more research we can fund to drive progress towards our vision of Zero Deaths from breast cancer. We need your help to fund research into:
Meet some of our NBCF-funded researchers
By taking part in Step Up to Breast Cancer and raising funds for NBCF, you're funding world-class breast cancer research focused on better understanding how to prevent and detect breast cancer early, how to stop the progression and recurrence of breast cancer and how to effectively treat hard-to-treat and metastatic breast cancers - research that ultimately saves lives. The more we raise, the more research we can fund.
Here are just a few of the inspiring research projects underway.
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.
