Anticancer drugs

This section explains the different drugs that are available to fight secondary breast cancer.

Learn more about the different types of treatment, including chemotherapy, hormone therapy and other forms of treatment.

You can also read about clinical trials and which new anticancer drugs need special funding to be prescribed.

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Access to anticancer drugs

Which anticancer drugs need special funding to be prescribed?
Clinical trials

There are many clinical trials taking place for secondary breast cancer. You should be able to take part in any trials suitable for you.
Biological therapies for HER2+ breast cancer

Find out more about the use of biological therapies and whether they may be suitable for you.
Ovarian suppression for secondary breast cancer

How does ovarian suppression work?
Hormone therapies for secondary breast cancer

How do hormone therapies work?
Chemotherapies for secondary breast cancer

Chemotherapies are anticancer drugs (cytotoxic drugs) that work by killing cancer cells when they start to divide.
Which anticancer drugs might I receive?

This section explains the different drugs that are available to fight secondary breast cancer.