News, blogs and podcasts
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Personal stories
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Moving Forward with Breast Cancer Now: our stories
We asked women who attended the Macclesfield Moving Forward course in February 2025 to tell us how they felt about the course and what it br...
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Through my work with Breast Cancer Now, I feel I’m keeping my daughter Becs alive
When Amanda lost her daughter Becs to breast cancer, she was desperate to make a difference for other people affected. She tells us about he...
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The Great North Run has always been close to my heart – this year I’m running for my friend and my mum
25 years ago, Tori ran the Great North Run with 4 university flatmates in honour of her mum. This year, she returned to the start line for h...
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Even if one person takes action after hearing my story, then that’s one person’s life I may have saved
Maria was diagnosed with DCIS at the start of the year. Her experience inspired her to raise awareness of DCIS and encourage women to attend...
Podcasts
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Personal experience, Season 6
What does it mean to you to live well?
Breast Cancer Now's mission is that by 2050, everyone with breast cancer will live, and be supported to live well. What does it mean to you ...
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Personal experience, Information, Season 6
Getting travel insurance with cancer might be easier than you think – with Fiona Macrae
In this episode, Fiona talks to Laura about her own breast cancer diagnosis and how it stopped her from getting travel insurance. She speaks...
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Personal experience, Season 6
Lucy - on being diagnosed as a younger woman
In this episode Lucy speaks to Laura about her experience of breast cancer as a younger woman, the importance of sharing positive stories, p...
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Personal experience, Information, Season 6
Caroline - on talking with children about death and grief
In this episode of the Breast Cancer Now podcast, Dr Caroline Leek speaks to Laura about how to communicate with children about death and gr...
Blogs
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Bingo Against Breast Cancer Is Back!
Bingo Against Breast Cancer is back for another exciting evening of prizes, fun, and fundraising – and you could win a guaranteed jackpot of...
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The Cost of Breast Cancer: 2025 Update
2 years after Demos and Breast Cancer Now first revealed the shocking cost of breast cancer, our new report exposes a worsening situation. T...
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Introducing Our New Partnership with tombola: Eyes Down, Check Up
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new partnership with Britain’s leading bingo brand, tombola, as we join forces to raise a...
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The Big Breast Cancer Survey report
In 2024, we started the process of developing our next strategy – the plan we’ll use to guide our work over the coming years. We wanted the ...
Campaign news
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The UK government’s cancer plan – what does it mean for breast cancer?
Read about the government's new cancer plan and what it means for breast cancer. Including a commitment to define and count recurrence in se...
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Working with the London Assembly to improve breast screening uptake in London
Read how we're working with the London Assembly to improve screening uptake in London.
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What the new UK-US pharmaceutical deal means for people living with secondary breast cancer
Read our blog to find out more and whether it will translate into improved access to new and effective treatments that can give them more ti...
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Improving breast screening for women with physical disabilities
Read how Breast Cancer Now is working to improve breast screening for women with physical disabilities.
Research news
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Making sure people get the support they need after a second breast cancer diagnosis
Our Breast Cancer Voices contributed to an international study involving over 100 people with a lived experience of breast cancer from acros...
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Our researchers show special blood tests could help tailor treatment for metastatic breast cancer
New results from the PLASMAMATCH trial suggest that a blood test known as a ‘liquid biopsy’ could reveal much earlier whether treatment for ...
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Our researchers show how new blood test can match people to the right treatment without a biopsy
Scientists at our research centre have shown that a new blood test can accurately identify the type of breast cancer tumour, and track chang...
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Our top research discoveries in 2025
Research is the key to stopping breast cancer in its tracks. This year, our scientists have made remarkable progress, uncovering findings th...
