About our research
At Breast Cancer Now, we fund word-class research that helps us discover how to prevent breast cancer, save lives and help people to live well with the disease.
To date, we’ve already invested £299 million in breast cancer research. And we’re not about to stop. Right now, we’re funding over 100 cutting-edge projects to discover how we can prevent breast cancer, save lives, and help people to live well with and beyond the disease.
Our research areas
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Our research into secondary breast cancer
Secondary breast cancer can be treated but not cured. Our research aims to extend lives, allowing people to live fully.Find out more -
Our research into improving quality of life
Breast cancer affects people’s lives in many different ways. Using our research, we want to improve their quality of life.Find out more
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Our research into better treatments
More people are surviving breast cancer, with UK survival rates doubling in the last 40 years, thanks to research into better treatments.Find out more -
Our research into prevention and early diagnosis
We aim for fewer breast cancer diagnoses and better survival through early detection and research.Find out more
Why do we fund research?
Our vision is that by 2050, everyone diagnosed with breast cancer will live, and be supported to live well. But to make that vision a reality, we need to keep discovering more about breast cancer and how to tackle it.
We know that at least 1 in 4 breast cancers could be prevented – and we need to find better ways to do this. We need to find better ways to detect and diagnose breast cancer as early as possible to improve the chances of treating it successfully. And we need to develop kinder and more effective treatments to help everyone living with or beyond the disease to live well.
By funding over 270 of the brightest minds in breast cancer research across the UK and Ireland, we have the power to drive forward progress on a global scale.
You can find out more about our research projects, here.
How do we fund research?
We fund world-class breast cancer research with the highest potential to benefit people at risk of or affected by breast cancer. All our new research funding undergoes thorough review processes, carried out by independent experts from around the world.
Part of my job is to work with our scientific advisors and patient advocates to guide our trustees, to make sure that we choose the best possible research, which is going to have the biggest possible impact.
Key facts
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Our investment
We've invested around £299 million in world-class breast cancer research over the last 30 years. -
100 research projects
Right now, we’re funding around 100 cutting edge research projects worth almost £32 million across the UK and Europe. -
£15 million
This year, we're planning to spend over £15 million on more cutting-edge research.