Over 2 in 5 (44%) women in the UK do not check their breasts regularly for the signs and symptoms of breast cancer
This Breast Cancer Awareness month, leading research and support charity Breast Cancer Now is calling for all women to ‘get to know their normal,’
28 Sept 2023
Breast Cancer Now funds research into new treatments for breast cancer that’s spread to the bone
Researchers are testing new combinations of drugs to treat breast cancer that’s spread to the bone, thanks to funding from Breast Cancer Now.
23 Aug 2023
Existing cancer drugs have potential to benefit thousands more patients
Existing targeted cancer drugs could help even more patients, including some with the most common type of breast cancer, Breast Cancer Now-funded scientists have discovered.
31 Jul 2023
Breast Cancer Now funds new research to help support black women with breast cancer
Researchers are investigating how to improve the quality of care for black women with breast cancer and reduce health inequalities, thanks to funding from Breast Cancer Now.
28 Jul 2023
Breast Cancer Now funds new research to make triple negative breast cancer more sensitive to chemotherapy
Researchers are developing a new breast cancer treatment to be used alongside chemotherapy to increase its effectiveness, thanks to funding from Breast Cancer Now.
21 Jul 2023
Innovative Service Pledge programme celebrates 20 years of improving breast cancer patient experience
05 Jul 2023
Asda carparks provide alternative location for vital breast screening services in England
This comes at the same time as Breast Cancer Now steps up its campaigning efforts to ensure improved breast screening uptake, following years of declining screening attendance in England.
22 Jun 2023
Breast Cancer Now awards funding to Newcastle researchers to help improve women’s wellbeing after breast cancer
Researchers are developing a better way to help women to make healthy lifestyle choices after breast cancer treatment, thanks to new funding from Breast Cancer Now.
21 Jun 2023
Breast Cancer Now funds new research to understand autistic adults’ experience of breast cancer
Autistic adults with breast cancer will be invited to share their experiences of diagnosis and treatment as part of a new research project funded by Breast Cancer Now.
16 Jun 2023
Sky News sports presenter Jacquie Beltrao meets the scientists behind her life-changing breast cancer drug
Sky News sports presenter Jacquie Beltrao has met the scientists who led the early research into the breast cancer drug she credits with keeping her alive.
11 Jun 2023
Scientists develop first AI model to predict if breast cancer will spread based on lymph node changes
Artificial intelligence (AI) can predict if an aggressive type of breast cancer will spread, based on changes in a patient’s lymph nodes, Breast Cancer Now funded scientists have discovered.
26 May 2023
UK scientists discover a new way to help prevent breast cancer ‘time bomb’
Scientists have discovered why breast cancer cells that have spread to the lungs may ‘wake up’ following years of sleep - forming incurable secondary tumours.
13 Mar 2023