BreastAware

BreastAware is about educating and empowering women to take control of their personal health in the Instances of Breast Cancer in Australia are increasing.

One in eight Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 85. By the year 2020 47 women a day will be diagnosed with breast cancer. It is estimated that 2,700 Australian women will lose their lives to breast cancer in 2014. However, there is hope that we can reduce this number as early detection can save lives and is the key to surviving breast cancer. The aim for BreastAware is to educate women of the need for self breast examination and teach them the correct method through our workshops and seminars. Educating and empowering women and men to take control of their personal health and wellbeing, giving them the awareness, knowledge and tools to help reduce the number of women/men losing their breast and lives to breast cancer. This program will save lives. We educate on the risks and signs of breast cancer and the correct procedure for self breast examination. This is the only program of its kind in Australia.

40 women a day are diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia; that’s one every 36 minutes. Early detection of breast cancer is the key to survival. Our aim is to reach out to many groups of women’s with these workshops. Increasingly more young women are being diagnosed with cancer and that is the reason we are also taking our program into schools. This program is presented in a workshop format and is aimed at Senior High School Girls to help them understand more about their breast development, body image, knowing their own bodies and knowing what is normal for them. We will be educating them on the anatomy of the breast and how to care for their breasts. With education they will understand the changes that can occur in the breast tissue as they develop. We will be explaining the risks of breast cancer and giving hands-on demonstration (utilizing breast prostheses) on how to do self breast exams (BSE) and why early detection is the key to survival. We will give them an understanding of the different lumps and bumps in their breast tissue that they may sense so that they are not alarmed and understand what their breasts feel like ‘normally’. This means that they will be able to then identify and understand when something is not normal for them and hence know when they need to go and get checked by the doctor. We want to change their mindset so that by the time they reach the risk age for breast cancer, they are already in the habit of breast self examination (BSE) or at least know that they should be starting to do it (BSE) by the age of 20. Once they leave school, there may not be another chance to gather together large groups of young women to educate them, so that is why I we would like to get to them just before they leave school. The fact is it is harder to detect cancer in young women with mammograms due to the denseness of their breast tissue. It is for this reason that breast self examination is vital for ages 20-40 and this needs to continue regularly so they are able to identify any changes in their breasts immediately.

“Until such times that we have a cure for cancer we need to focus on the prevention. Unfortunately I have had to fit prostheses on far too many women who have had a breast removed due to breast cancer. It is my hope that this program can prevent women from losing their breasts or even worse, their lives, to breast cancer and if I can do this for even just one woman, then it has all been worthwhile.”

Maralyn Young
Founder and Presenter

21/07/2023

15/06/2023

On Tuesday I had the privilege of presenting our Breastaware workshop to the lovely ladies at the YWCA Encore breast cancer exercise program at Beaton Park. Getting to know your body and what changes to look for is vital in being breastaware. Importance of continuing self breast checks, healthy living and exercise in post breast cancer care
YWCAENCORE.ORG.AU

14/06/2023

15/06/2022

On behalf of the "Breastaware Australia" Committee I wish to express our enormous gratitude to the Illawarra Baseball League and President Dale Jenkins for their amazing contribution to breast cancer awareness with the "Pink Round" Mothers Day Weekend 2021 resulting in a generous donation totaling $2100 to Breastaware Australia.
With all the problems of Covid lockdowns and cancelled games etc the teams and their supporters still managed to raise this very generous amount. We greatly apreciate your support, thank you again and wish you a sucessfull dry 2022 season .

29/05/2021

A Big Thank you to Shoalhaven Mariners

Such a lovely surprise to have The President of the Shoalhaven Mariners Baseball Association Stuart Raymond present our Founder Maralyn Young with a cheque for $500. Money raised by the Mariners Teams at The Illawarra Baseball Leagues Pink round for Breast Aware Australia.
We would like to Thank everyone who helped support this event. The Team's look so amazing in their new Pink Jersey's

01/10/2020

October is Breast cancer awareness month.
Unfortunately Covid-19 has disrupted regular routines and good habits. According to Breast screen Australia the numbers of women having mammograms has greatly decreased and I would imagine that monthly self breast checks may have been neglected also. Please do not neglect these most important potentially life saving breast cancer detection procedures. If you are not doing monthly self breast checks now is a good time to start.
Download your pocket book on how too at
https://www.breastawareaustralia.com.au/

27/10/2019

Speaking about early detection to 170 ladies at Candy Lane Ticked Pink High Tea in Alstonville raising funds for Jodies inspiration foundation.

21/10/2019

Breast cancer is not only a women's disease. One percent of all BC diagnosis are men. We know our men folk are not the best at having check ups so Ladies remind all the Men in your family not to ignore any change they may see or feel in their breast or chest.

Yesterday marked Male Breast Cancer Awareness Day, the first time the day has been acknowledged. Each year, 25 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in New Zealand, and the signs are the same for men as they are for women. You can read more about breast cancer in men, and what support is available, on our blog.

This powerful photo was taken by Sylvia Liber.

04/08/2019

Breastaware workshop with a lovely group of ladies at Corrimal Surf Club organized by
Erryn Sims .

10/06/2019

On behalf of the "Breastaware Australia" Committee I wish to express our enormous gratitude to the Illawarra Baseball League and President Dale Jenkins for their amazing contribution to breast cancer awareness with the "Pink Round" Mothers Day Weekend resulting in a generous donation totaling $4500 to Breastaware Australia. This money will go towards creating an educational video on breast cancer prevention, the importance of early detection and a step by step tutorial on how to do a self breast check.
I especially want to say thank you to Brendan Sheedy for his creative vision in initiating the idea and all the hard work and effort he put into this event.

We look forward to "Pink Round" 2020. Together we can make a difference. Thank you again.

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North Wollongong, NSW
2500

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+61425797065

Website

http://www.breastawareaustralia.com.au/

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