Welcome

The Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of Queensland is a volunteer managed charity organisation dedicated to improving breast and prostate cancer services to people living in rural and regional Queensland by providing grants for the education and placement of nurses, research grants, rural seminars and produce a Resource Directory of services and support available throughout Queensland. We also provide financial assistance grants for rural and regional patients for expenses relating to the treatment and travel costs.

In February 2012, the board successfully completed the process of registration of a new name, rules and logo to permit us to provide assistance for sufferers of prostate cancer as well as breast cancer. To reflect this our new name is; BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER ASSOCIATION OF QLD INC.

Our focus is primarily on cancer sufferers in rural and regional Queensland. The board is confident that the broadened role for the Association will commit us to continue our work in relation to breast cancer but also to make a valuable contribution to the cause for sufferers of prostate cancer.

We now have 10 sub-committees:

Barcaldine/Longreach; Westn' Breast Support Group - Heather Morton
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Blackbutt/Brisbane Valley District - Nick & Loraine Aniftos
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Charleville - Trish Arden; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Chinchilla - Joanna Embry; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Emerald - Tiffany Pulford; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Goondiwindi - Gloria Cory; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Mitchell - Jenny Hockey; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

St George - Emily Martin; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Toowoomba - Jayne Gentry; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Yeppoon - Anne Shepherd; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

All our board members and subcommittee members are volunteers.  Our association employs just one part-time office administrator, Tracey Plumridge who is available at the office on Tues-Wed-Thurs 9:30am-2:30pm.

Early detection makes a BIG difference.

The Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of Queensland exists to improve the quality of life for people with breast and prostate cancer and their families in Queensland. Every year approximately 13,000 cases of breast cancer, and approximately 20,000 cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed in Australia.

The Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of Queensland's main focus has been to provide breast care services to women and prostate care services to men and their families in rural Queensland. Initiatives include the training and placing of support breast care nurses in Rockhampton, Longreach/Barcaldine, Mitchell, Emerald, Fraser Coast and now the Central West District. Annual seminars in regional areas help to raise awareness in the community of the importance of regular examinations. We also produce a Resource Directory and post-operative exercise DVD's free of charge to breast cancer sufferers. BPCAQ have also invested substantially into various research programs in Brisbane.

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