What are we trying to achieve?
Our research into secondary breast cancer has one goal – to stop people dying from breast cancer.
We want to see everyone offered a treatment that works best for them. We want to find new, better treatments that means breast cancer doesn’t return, spread, and become incurable. We want to understand who’s most likely to see their breast cancer come back and prevent this. Ultimately, we want to stop secondary breast cancer in its tracks.
Key achievements
Liquid biopsies
Developed a blood test that can detect secondary breast cancer up to 15 months earlier.
Triple Negative Trial
A clinical trial that changed how advanced triple negative breast cancer is treated.
New drug for lobular
Found that the lung cancer drug crizotinib could help treat some secondary lobular breast cancers.
Improving data collection
Spotted and campaigned against treatment and care gaps by people with secondary breast cancer.
Understanding cancer spread
Uncovered how healthy cells help breast cancer spread throughout the body.
New targeted therapy
Showed the life-extending benefits of palbociclib for some women with secondary breast cancer.
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