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Making a difference in secondary breast cancer - our top achievements
In the UK, an estimated 61,000 people are living with secondary breast cancer. And although secondary breast cancer can be treated, it curre...
Supporting women with diet and exercise after breast cancer treatment
Leading a healthy lifestyle after a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment can help with this. So, our researchers are looking at ways to bet...
Researchers develop AI model to predict risk of secondary breast cancer
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence model that can predict if triple negative breast cancer will spread.
Researchers discover a new way to help prevent secondary breast cancer in the lung
Our scientists have uncovered a way in which breast cancer cells ‘wake-up’ and form secondary tumours in the lungs.
The future of breast cancer screening
Breast cancer screening is an important tool for early detection. But what does screening currently look like? And how could it be improved?...
Highlights from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2022
We’re reporting on the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2022, the largest breast cancer conference in the world. Edd, our research com...
Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Today we’re celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! So, we're shining a spotlight on 3 of our amazing researchers. ...
How can we understand the impact of COVID-19 on cancer services?
We’re still trying to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer services. So, it’s important to build a detailed picture of h...
Understanding the differences between breast cancer in men and women
Men can also get breast cancer. It’s rare, but around 370 are diagnosed with the disease every year in the UK. It’s important we the differe...
Could we create a vaccine treatment for triple negative breast cancer?
Around 15% of breast cancer are classed as triple negative. This form of breast cancer currently has limited targeted treatments available. ...
Researchers discover new way to improve breast cancer treatment
Scientists have discovered a new way to potentially improve the effectiveness of breast cancer treatment by targeting a variant of a common ...
The biological clock – could timing improve breast cancer treatment?
In these blogs, we explore some of the biggest topics in breast cancer research. One of those topics is how the body’s biological clock is i...
Scientists discover new way to improve the effectiveness of immunotherapy
Researchers have uncovered the key to improving immunotherapy’s ability to stop breast cancer from spreading to the lungs.
Researchers identify new weaknesses in cells that support cancer growth
Researchers have discovered new weaknesses in a special type of cell that supports cancer cells to grow and spread around the body.
Scientists discover how some DCIS tumours can become invasive
Scientists, based at the Queen Mary University of London, have discovered a new mechanism that signals which Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)...
Researchers identify new weaknesses in triple negative breast cancer
Researchers have discovered weaknesses in some triple negative breast cancers that could lead to new ways to treat this form of the disease....
Our top research discoveries of 2022
To celebrate our research successes of the past year our research communications officer, Edd, picked out his favourite discoveries and expl...
Scientists find new targets to develop treatments for chemotherapy-resistant breast cancers
Researchers have identified a group of immune cells that could be targeted to develop new treatments for breast cancers that are resistant t...
Researchers find that an extra radiotherapy boost helps prevent an early form of breast cancer from returning
Researchers have found that an extra radiotherapy boost could reduce the chances of higher risk DCIS coming back in the same breast.
How our Tissue Bank is shaping the future of breast cancer research
This year we’re celebrating 10 years of the Breast Cancer Now Tissue Bank. By collecting tissue samples from people affected by breast cance...