Kadcyla, revolutionary new drug for secondary breast cancer, rejected by NICE

Kadcyla, also referred to as trastuzumab emtansine, or T-DM1, is a unique combination drug made up of trastuzumab (Herceptin) and a very potent...

22 April 2014

Scientists find new exploitable weakness in cancer cells

Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, proved for the first time that a group of proteins known as the anaphase-promoting complex (...

16 April 2014

Stars come out to celebrate Fashion Targets Breast Cancer

The party took place at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel with fellow Fashion Targets Breast Cancer ambassadors Antonia O’Brien, Rosie Fortescue,...

11 April 2014

New genetic insight into the origins of breast cancer

New research led by scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, and part-funded by Breakthrough Breast Cancer, has provided...

11 April 2014

High fat diet increases breast cancer risk

Eluned Hughes, Senior Manager - Information at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: “This is an important finding because it's difficult to unpick...

10 April 2014

EastEnders' Sonia and Bianca face BRCA test results

Meanwhile Sonia’s sister, Bianca Jackson, was told that she does not carry the BRCA2 gene. Following Carol Jackson’s breast cancer diagnosis, and...

3 April 2014

Major gaps in fertility information and advice for younger breast cancer patients

An overwhelming three quarters of younger women diagnosed with breast cancer were not referred to a fertility clinic to discuss their options and...

3 April 2014

Breast awareness - Breakthrough responds

Sally Greenbrook, Senior Policy Officer at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "Most breast cancers are detected symptomatically through women...

2 April 2014

Breast Cancer Care calls on teachers to host a Strawberry Tea party this summer

Get together with your fellow teachers pupils and parents and hold a Strawberry Tea for Breast Cancer Care at your school this summer (from 1 June to...

1 April 2014