NHS Wales commits to join National Metastatic Breast Cancer Audit

NHS Wales will participate in the first ever National Metastatic Breast Cancer Audit run by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP),...

7 October 2021

50% rise in number of women in UK who have not had vital breast screening since services restarted

The number of women in the UK who have not had vital NHS breast screening, which can stop people dying from breast cancer, has risen by an estimated...

5 October 2021

Existing cancer drugs to be trialled as a new treatment for incurable secondary breast cancer

A new clinical trial could bring hope to thousands of UK women living with incurable secondary breast cancer, also known as metastatic or Stage 4...

24 September 2021

Targeting a specific immune cell could protect against antibiotic-induced breast cancer progression

Leading scientists have identified a possible link between antibiotic use and the speed of breast cancer growth in mice, and identified a type of...

15 September 2021

Triple negative incurable breast cancer patients denied extra time with loved ones as drug company fails to reach agreement to secure immediate access to new treatment

Today’s news of the licensing of Trodelvy1 (sacituzumab govitecan) brings little comfort to women with triple negative incurable secondary...

10 September 2021

New Trustees Helping To Turn Tide Against Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Now is delighted to announce three new appointments to its Board of Trustees who will support delivery of the charity’s recently...

23 August 2021

Aspirin to be trialled as part of new treatment for aggressive form of breast cancer

An innovative new study is trialling whether giving aspirin, commonly used as pain relief, alongside immunotherapy drug avelumab could improve its...

18 August 2021

Celebrities back charity petition to guarantee triple negative secondary breast cancer patients access to promising new treatment

Celebrities including Jonathan Ross, Derren Brown, David Baddiel, Andy Nyman and Jane Devonshire have backed charity Breast Cancer Now’s urgent...

30 July 2021

Breast Cancer Now launches petition to ensure triple negative secondary breast cancer patients can access promising new treatment

Today (Sunday 18 July), charity Breast Cancer Now has launched a petition calling on pharmaceutical company, Gilead, to provide free-of-charge access...

18 July 2021