News, blogs and podcasts
The latest breast cancer news, blogs, podcasts and personal stories.
Personal stories
Podcasts
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 ...
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...
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...
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
A bold new chapter, a brand-new look
We’re excited to reveal our refreshed brand, which is part of an exciting new chapter in our history.
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...
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...
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...
Campaign news
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...
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.
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...
Research news
Scientists discover immune cell 'traffic jam' that can help breast cancer spread to the lungs
New research reveals that immune cells called neutrophils can help breast cancer cells form tumours when they arrive in the lung. And it cou...
Our researchers uncover a new avenue for treating triple negative breast cancer
New research from our scientists has revealed a weakness in triple negative breast cancer cells linked to a gene typically only active in re...
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...