Press releases

Scientists report link between male infertility and breast cancer in men

Infertile men may be twice as likely to develop breast cancer than those without fertility issues, according to new research from the Breast Cancer...

17 May 2022

Breast Cancer Now launches urgent campaign in final bid to see life-extending drug guaranteed for women living with triple negative incurable breast cancer

Hopes have been shattered for hundreds of women with incurable triple negative secondary breast cancer today, as the National Institute for Health...

7 April 2022

Breast Cancer Now brings together leading experts for the UK Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium

Today marks the start of the two-day (Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th January) UK Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium (UKIBCS), hosted by leading...

24 January 2022

Scientists discover how to boost effectiveness of novel drug for breast cancer

Leading UK scientists funded by Breast Cancer Now and Cancer Research UK have discovered a way to significantly boost the effectiveness of xentuzumab...

5 January 2022

Glasgow researchers to investigate using existing drug as new treatment for triple negative breast cancer

Leading Glasgow scientists will investigate if an existing drug devimistat, which is currently being tested for treating other types of cancer, could...

17 November 2021

Inaugural Dame Vera Lynn Fellowship scientist aims to stop breast cancer hiding from the immune system

UK charity Breast Cancer Now has announced the first two recipients of its Dame Vera Lynn Translational Research Fellowship, a new scheme which will...

10 November 2021