Aim of the study

The aim of the MBF Health and Wellbeing after Breast Cancer Study is to gain information about issues influencing the quality of life that women experience after they have been treated for breast cancer.

The study is investigating these issues by questionnaire and the results will be used to lead to an improvement in the wellbeing of women after breast cancer treatment.

Between June 2004 and December 2006 every Victorian woman with a first diagnosis of breast cancer within the previous 12 month period was eligible to take part. The strength of the study is that it is large and community based, whereas previous studies are of much smaller numbers and restricted to women attending clinics for treatment