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Breast Cancer Now launches urgent campaign in final bid to see life-extending drug guaranteed for women living with triple negative incurable breast cancer
Hopes have been shattered for hundreds of women with incurable triple negative secondary breast cancer today, as the National Institute for ...
Breast Cancer Now Tissue Bank celebrates 10 years of ground-breaking global research
The Breast Cancer Now Tissue Bank opened in 2012 to give researchers access to high-quality breast tissue, breast cells and blood samples fr...
Breast Cancer Now to run first-ever uncensored live breast check on Twitter
New research from Breast Cancer Now has found that over a third (39%) of British women do not check their breasts regularly.
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 urg...
Cognitive behavioural therapy delivered by nurses can reduce “overwhelming” menopausal symptoms for women with breast cancer
Menopausal symptoms - hot flushes and night sweats – experienced by women with breast cancer can be reduced through group cognitive behaviou...
Existing breast cancer drug offers new targeted treatment for triple negative breast cancer
Breast Cancer Now-funded researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have identified a specific defect in some triple negative ...
Existing drug could offer new hope for people with secondary breast cancer that has spread to the brain
A new study funded by Breast Cancer Now will explore if the drug talazoparib (Talzenna) could be used to treat people with incurable seconda...
Extra radiotherapy boost helps prevent early form of breast cancer returning
In the first trial of its kind, scientists followed 1,608 women with higher risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) from 136 participating cent...
Facebook Live broadcasts reach over quarter of million seeking support
Breast Cancer Now has reached over 290,000 people broadcasting on Facebook Live.
Genetic link confirmed between ductal carcinoma in situ and development of invasive breast cancer
Scientists funded by Breast Cancer Now have confirmed inherited genetic links between non-invasive cancerous changes found in the milk ducts...
Glasgow researchers to investigate using existing drug as new treatment for triple negative breast cancer
Leading Glasgow scientists will investigate if an existing drug, devimistat, which is currently being tested for treating other types of can...
Glasgow scientists working to develop new immunotherapy for breast cancer
University of Glasgow scientists are investigating how a type of white blood cell can help breast cancer to spread around the body, followin...