Groundbreaking cancer project has helped thousands of patients

An innovative breast cancer database established by a Chinese woman in Australia has helped thousands of patients over the past 17 years.

The program enables doctors to ensure they are giving the most effective treatment and improve the outcomes for patients.

Zhang Yanping signed a one-year contract with the Canberra-based Breast Cancer Treatment Group to build a database containing information about patients in the Australian Capital Territory when she moved to the city with her husband and daughter in 1997.