York and Scarborough Hospitals launch Secondary Breast Cancer Pledge

The Trust has signed up to the Secondary Breast Cancer Pledge, in commitment to providing the best possible care to patients diagnosed with secondary...

28 May 2014

Primark wear it pink partnership raises £500,000 for breast cancer research

Delyth and Jen met with Caroline Gullick, Director of Buying, Andy Stewart, Area Manager, Retail and Jason Edwards, Store Manager, Oxford Street East...

27 May 2014

New cancer pathway pilot under way in Wales

This will help the NHS in Wales gain a more accurate picture of actual waiting times and hopefully speed up treatment in many cases. The 'single...

7 May 2014

Breakthrough scientist recognised as one of Europe's best

The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) is made up of over 1500 leading researchers from across Europe with a focus on promoting...

6 May 2014

Report claims that people are being diagnosed with cancer too late

Dr Caitlin Palframan, Senior Policy Manager for Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: “Macmillan’s report highlights the alarming reality that there...

2 May 2014

Reducing just six risk factors could prevent 37 million deaths in 15 years

Eluned Hughes, Senior Manager – Information, at Breakthrough Breast Cancer says: “We have known for some time that these risk factors play a...

2 May 2014

Secondary Breast Cancer Pledge launched by Barts Health NHS Trust

The Trust has signed up to the Secondary Breast Cancer Pledge, committing it to providing the best possible care to patients diagnosed with secondary...

28 April 2014

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