Press releases

Smoking – particularly if started during adolescence – is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, major new study finds

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 no...

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...

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-f...

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 t...

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 ...

Innovative Service Pledge programme celebrates 20 years of improving breast cancer patient experience

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 year...

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...

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 f...

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 kee...

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, Br...