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Personal stories
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Younger women, Breast Cancer Voices
As a Breast Cancer Voice, I’m helping to shape the future of breast cancer support and care
Emily was recently a member of the steering group for our Big Breast Cancer Survey. The survey was created to understand people’s experience...
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The younger women with secondaries event helped me feel less alone
Alex was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer at 41. As a young woman, going through a serious illness felt isolating. Looking to connect ...
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I had no idea men could get breast cancer
Before his diagnosis, Tony had no idea men could get breast cancer. Now, he wants to make sure people understand that anyone could get the d...
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I love spreading awareness in local communities
Hedwig started volunteering with us in 2014. For the past 10 years, she’s been delivering talks to groups across the UK as a public health v...
Podcasts
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Personal experience, Season 5
Everyone on their goals for the future of breast cancer
This season we asked all our guests the same question: if you could change one thing in terms of breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and beyo...
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Personal experience, Season 5
Toral and Kreena - on cancer in the South Asian community
In this episode, Laura talks to Toral and Kreena about breast cancer in the South Asian community, and the cultural expectations and taboos ...
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Personal experience, Season 5
Barbara - on working with cancer
In this episode, Laura talks to Barbara about working after a cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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Personal experience, Season 5
Fiona - on inspiring change in the face of adversity
In this episode, Laura talks to Fiona a Breast Cancer Voice and active campaigner for disability issues about challenges she faced during br...
Blogs
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Our public health talk was a huge success
Sarah booked a public health talk at her workplace, Bank of America, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2024. She tells us about the posit...
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Meet our Fairfax & Favor brand ambassadors
Fairfax & Favor have been supporting us for 9 years now. Each October, they sell a limited-edition range of products to mark Breast Cancer A...
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Have your say in our Big Breast Cancer Survey
Tell us how breast cancer has impacted your life. We’re creating our next strategy – the plan we’ll use to guide our work over the coming ye...
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Here for You: Creating meaningful change through co-production
Our Here for You team, Michaela and Zoe, are working with a group of people affected by breast cancer to co-create different aspects of the ...
Campaign news
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Parliaments across the UK wear it pink
Following last year’s wear it pink event in the Houses of Parliament, we decided this year we’d mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month by return...
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Delivering Real Choice – where are we now?
It’s been almost 2 years since we published our Delivering Real Choice report. We want to share what we’ve been doing in that time to suppor...
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Why we want to see NHS clinical nurse specialists supporting more people with secondary breast cancer
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) are vital in supporting patients with a breast cancer diagnosis. For people with secondary (metastatic) br...
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Year 1 of Scotland's Cancer Action Plan
Read how we plan to progress the actions of the Scottish Cancer Action Plan 2023-2026 and our concerns around the commitment to collect seco...
Research news
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Pathways to the future: A new machine learning predictive tool for lobular breast cancer
Our researchers have developed a new machine learning tool that could help doctors predict long term outcomes and treatment response for peo...
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New ‘triplet therapy’ doubles progression-free survival in advanced breast cancer
A clinical trial, led by one of our scientists, has revealed the benefits of a powerful combination of 3 drugs for aggressive secondary brea...
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Celebrating 20 years of our Generations Study
The Breast Cancer Now Generations Study is a landmark project investigating the causes of breast cancer. Read more about what the study's ac...
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New research reveals how cancer cells pretend to be ‘super-fit’ to survive and spread
Our researchers uncovered how cancer cells can hijack a natural process called cell competition to help them grow and spread at the expense ...
