BREAST CANCER AND SEX

Ms Annabel Crabb is one of Australia’s most beloved journalists. She is a multi-faceted writer
and broadcaster who ranges between federal politics, gender, current affairs, history and
cooking and is a sought-after speaker and presenter for her incisive and humorous
approach.

She is the creator and presenter of Ms Represented, and of the long-running political
interview series Kitchen Cabinet, a seventh season of which will air in 2023. She wrote and
presented the ground-breaking documentary series on life inside Australia’s Parliament
House, The House With Annabel Crabb. She also hosts ABC’s popular Australian history and
food series, Back In Time For Dinner. Annabel is a regular face on ABC TV’s election night
and Budget broadcasts and has a long history of appearances on ABC’s Insiders program,
including a stint as acting host in 2019.

She is a regular commentator across the ABC’s radio network. With friend and ABC
colleague Leigh Sales, Annabel hosts the podcast Chat 10 Looks 3, an independent podcast
in which the pair discusses books, film, culture, and cooking. Their first book together, Well Hello, was published in September 2021. Annabel won a Walkley Award for her
biographical work “Stop At Nothing: The Life And Adventures Of Malcolm Turnbull” and
has written several books including 2014 bestseller The Wife Drought.

Annabel boasts the awkward distinction of being Twitter’s most-followed Australian
journalist, with an audience of over half a million.

Rebecca Angus is a senior podiatrist with  a personal history of breast cancer, being diagnosed with the disease in 2018, at just 33 years old.

At the time, Rebecca had an 11 month old son, so when she found a lump on day she assumed it was related to mastitis from breast feeding.

She is also a member of the Breast Cancer Trials Consumer Advisory Panel (CAP).

Professor Fran Boyle is a highly experienced medical oncologist who specialises in the areas of breast cancer and melanoma. She is passionate about making advances in this field and her practice focuses on researching new treatments as well as developing care and communication.

For over 20 years, Fran has been involved in setting up clinical trials, supportive care and psychosocial research in breast cancer. She has previously chaired the Board of Breast Cancer Trials, and contributes to clinical trial development nationally and internationally through Breast Cancer Trials and the International Breast Cancer Study Group.

Fran’s dedication to improving the understanding of metastatic disease, improving access to new therapies, and involving breast care nurses in cancer care, led to her founding Australia’s Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance.

In 2008, Fran was awarded Membership of the Order of Australia for her contributions to breast cancer research, education, policy and advocacy.

Professor Kate White is a Professor of Cancer Nursing at the University of Sydney and currently leads a number of studies focused on reducing the impact of cancer treatments on sexuality, body image and intimacy.

She has worked in clinical, education and research areas specialising in cancer and palliative care throughout her career. Her major research interests are in areas of supportive care in cancer and palliative care, psychosocial and quality of life issues in cancer, the translation of research evidence into clinical cancer nursing practice and models of care with an emphasis in rural health.

Professor White has conducted a number of studies in these areas and serves on advisory boards, committees and working groups of government and non-government organisations in cancer and palliative care. She participated in the development and implantation of clinical guidelines and is a member of the International Guideline Network.

Professor White has supervised over 20 research students to the successful completion of their degrees.

Dr Belinda Kiely is a medical oncologist working at Concord and Campbelltown hospitals in Sydney, Australia, specialising in breast cancer.

She also works part-time as a senior research fellow at the NHMRC Clinical Trials centre, University of Sydney. Her main research interest is prognostication in advanced cancer.

She completed a PhD in 2013 titled ‘Estimating and communicating prognosis in advanced cancer’, and developed a web-based tool called ‘iTool’ to help oncologists estimate and explain typical, best-case and worst-case scenarios for survival time to their patients with advanced cancer.

Her other research interests include breast cancer treatment, survivorship and end of life care.

Dr Kiely is a co-chair of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia Breast Cancer Group and a member of the Breast Cancer Trials Scientific Advisory Committee and Breast Cancer Network Australia Strategic Advisory Group.