98% of women with breast cancer struggle to be sexually intimate according to new research
12 Sept 2024
Leading cancer charities team up to tackle deadly disease
Breast Cancer Now and Prostate Cancer Research have joined forces to fund up to £600,000 of new research to tackle the spread of both cancers to the bones, known as bone metastasis.
05 Sept 2024
New research to investigate what stops black African and Caribbean women taking vital breast cancer medication
Researchers are investigating the experiences of black African and Caribbean women taking hormone therapy and the challenges that come with taking the medication, thanks to funding from Breast Cancer Now.
25 Jul 2024
Devastating ‘new normal’ of long waits risk impacting outcomes for breast cancer patients
Leading charity Breast Cancer Now warns that thousands of people are still being denied timely access to breast cancer care, years on from the pandemic.
11 Jul 2024
New research to investigate why breastfeeding reduces the risk of developing breast cancer
Researchers will investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and breast cancer, thanks to new funding from Breast Cancer Now.
25 Jun 2024
Latest afternoon tea trends revealed, with Brits taking to their air fryers for Breast Cancer Now
2024 afternoon tea trends revealed as Breast Cancer Now calls on the UK to sign up and host an Afternoon Tea to raise vital funds for its research and support.
04 Jun 2024
New research to investigate role gut bacteria plays in breast cancer
Researchers are investigating the function of gut bacteria in breast cancer and how we could use it to fight against the disease, thanks to new funding from Breast Cancer Now.
29 May 2024
Over a quarter of a million people back charity petition calling for urgent solution on life-extending breast cancer treatment, as charity and campaigners say the time for action is now
A petition calling for life-extending treatment Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) to be made available on the NHS in England for women with HER2-low incurable secondary (metastatic) breast cancer, has received staggering public support from over a quarter of a million signatories.
24 May 2024
New way to kill cancer cells could lead to longer lasting protection for people with breast cancer
Killing breast cancer cells in a way that trains the immune system to recognise and destroy residual cancer cells could offer longer lasting protection to people with the disease, according to new research funded by Breast Cancer Now.*
23 May 2024
New research to investigate protein that fuels breast cancer
Researchers are investigating how breast cancer cells survive and grow, thanks to new funding from Breast Cancer Now.
30 Apr 2024
Global report reveals the hidden toll of breast cancer
People with breast cancer are continuing to face glaring inequalities and significant adversity, much of which remains hidden and unacknowledged by wider society and policy makers, according to a new global report published today.
16 Apr 2024
First ever publication of secondary breast cancer data met with concerns around absence of critical data
The first ever data on incurable secondary breast cancer in England has been published, as part of the National Audit of Metastatic (secondary) Breast Cancer (NAoMe).
16 Apr 2024