Breast Cancer Foundation National Register

The register records detailed information about diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of patients with breast cancer, which allows the medical community to monitor standards of care in the Waikato and Midlands and benchmarks against national and international treatment standards.

This confidential database also allows multidisciplinary research into the many aspects of the breast cancer position in the Waikato and New Zealand.

BCRT collaborates with the Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch regions of the register with observational studies and projects.

The information stored on the register is completely confidential and can only be released through strict governance control. Both public and private sector breast cancer patients, as well as patients with invasive breast cancer and DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ – a pre-invasive cancer) are eligible to participate in the registers; participation is voluntary.