While waiting for a delayed surgery, Nikki was diagnosed with the breast cancer she had tried to prevent

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Nikki Neofitou is a carrier of the breast cancer 1 (BRCA1) gene mutation. She is one of 1,500 Australians diagnosed with hereditary breast cancer in the past 12 months. Wait times for prophylactic mastectomies vary between the states and there is no consistent approach to how the surgery is categorised. Pink Hope is pushing for a national data base for genetic testing in breast cancer.

Published 2 months ago · Australia

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Long surgery waits lead to women being diagnosed with breast cancers that could have been prevented

At 24, Nikki Neofitou's double mastectomy was classed as an elective surgery and pushed back by 10 months but, two weeks before her surgery, she was diagnosed with the very cancer she was trying to avoid.

2 months ago·Australia

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