Breast cancer support app launched in Welsh

  Breast Cancer Now’s end of treatment support app Becca translated into Welsh, thanks to 2017 National Lottery Community Fund grant...

23 March 2020

Weight gain linked to lower risk of breast cancer before the menopause

Scientists move a step closer to understanding role of weight in breast cancer risk with discovery that putting on weight from early adulthood is...

13 March 2020

Dr Tom Berry appointed as Head of Scotland at Breast Cancer Now

Breast Cancer Now, the research and care charity, is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Tom Berry as the charity’s Head of Scotland....

21 January 2020

UEA scientists awarded £100K to study whether gut bacteria could help prevent spread of breast cancer

Norwich scientists to study whether certain antibiotics and probiotics could help prevent the spread of breast cancer, following new funding by...

17 December 2019

Arthritis drugs could be repurposed to help prevent breast cancer spreading to the bone, study suggests

  Major study uncovers role of protein released by bone marrow (IL-1β) in spread of breast cancer to the bone, with drugs that block its...

19 November 2019

“I was too embarrassed to ask for help”: Devastating impact on thousands who face sexual difficulties after breast cancer

  New statistics from Breast Cancer Now show nearly half of women (46%) surveyed had experienced sexual difficulties...

24 October 2019

Thousands of women with breast cancer not told about possible impact of treatment on sexual function, research suggests

  Breast Cancer Now survey finds three quarters of women asked were not told about the possible impact of treatments on sex...

24 October 2019

Breast cancer “unsurvivors” campaign launched to tackle perception that everyone survives the disease

Breast Cancer Now launches bold new campaign ‘The Unsurvivors’ to challenge the perception that everyone survives the disease and call...

18 October 2019

Unique immune cell could help body stop breast cancer

Scientists have found a collection of specialised immune cells in human breast tissue including one type that are thought to be linked to better...

17 October 2019