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The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation’s Pink Caravan will be outside the Wellsford Wellness Centre, 155 Rodney Street, Wellsford on Thursday, September 10 and outside New World Orewa, Moana Ave, Orewa on Friday, September 11. Specialist breastcare nurses will be on board to provide free breast health advice.
The caravan includes a hands-on displays of breast cancer symptoms and prosthetic breasts to show what a lump feels like.
More than 130 women in the Northland region are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.
“The earlier they’re diagnosed, the better the outcome so we’ll be advising on screening and how to look out for the full range of breast cancer symptoms,” nurse Christina Taylor Smith says.
There will also be an opportunity to sign the Foundation’s petition which asks Government to extend free mammogram screening to age 74, up from the current limit of 69.
“New Zealand is lagging behind countries like Australia and Britain in this, and a woman’s breast cancer risk is higher in her 70s than it is at 50.”
