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Personal stories
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Volunteering at the Pink Ribbon Walk meant so much to me
After Aimee’s diagnosis, her mother and friends took on the Pink Ribbon Walk in her honour. Because she was in active treatment, Aimee could...
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15 years later, we’ve reached our £100,000 fundraising goal
A tireless fundraiser for Breast Cancer Now, Robert shares how he got started, what keeps him motivated, and how his team pushed towards an ...
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Swimming after breast cancer is so freeing
There are plenty of benefits to physical activity after breast cancer treatment, both physically and mentally. For Darlaine, swimming helped...
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Joining the Pink Ribbon Walk gave me such a lift
Still undergoing breast cancer treatment, Becky signed up for the Pink Ribbon Walk. She told us about herself, her fundraising and her highl...
Podcasts
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Personal experience, Season 5
Everyone on their goals for the future of breast cancer
This season we asked all our guests the same question: if you could change one thing in terms of breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and beyo...
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Personal experience, Season 5
Toral and Kreena - on cancer in the South Asian community
In this episode, Laura talks to Toral and Kreena about breast cancer in the South Asian community, and the cultural expectations and taboos ...
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Personal experience, Season 5
Barbara - on working with cancer
In this episode, Laura talks to Barbara about working after a cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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Personal experience, Season 5
Fiona - on inspiring change in the face of adversity
In this episode, Laura talks to Fiona a Breast Cancer Voice and active campaigner for disability issues about challenges she faced during br...
Blogs
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Eimer on what it’s like to be a breast cancer nurse specialist
This National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Day, we’re sharing and celebrating the story of Eimer McGeown. Eimer is a clinical nurs...
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Meet our Fairfax & Favor brand ambassadors
Fairfax & Favor have been supporting us for 9 years now. Each October, they sell a limited-edition range of products to mark Breast Cancer A...
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Have your say in our Big Breast Cancer Survey
Tell us how breast cancer has impacted your life. We’re creating our next strategy – the plan we’ll use to guide our work over the coming ye...
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Here for You: Creating meaningful change through co-production
Our Here for You team, Michaela and Zoe, are working with a group of people affected by breast cancer to co-create different aspects of the ...
Campaign news
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Parliaments across the UK wear it pink
Following last year’s wear it pink event in the Houses of Parliament, we decided this year we’d mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month by return...
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Delivering Real Choice – where are we now?
It’s been almost 2 years since we published our Delivering Real Choice report. We want to share what we’ve been doing in that time to suppor...
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Why we want to see NHS clinical nurse specialists supporting more people with secondary breast cancer
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) are vital in supporting patients with a breast cancer diagnosis. For people with secondary (metastatic) br...
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Year 1 of Scotland's Cancer Action Plan
Read how we plan to progress the actions of the Scottish Cancer Action Plan 2023-2026 and our concerns around the commitment to collect seco...
Research news
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Pathways to the future: A new machine learning predictive tool for lobular breast cancer
Our researchers have developed a new machine learning tool that could help doctors predict long term outcomes and treatment response for peo...
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New ‘triplet therapy’ doubles progression-free survival in advanced breast cancer
A clinical trial, led by one of our scientists, has revealed the benefits of a powerful combination of 3 drugs for aggressive secondary brea...
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Celebrating 20 years of our Generations Study
The Breast Cancer Now Generations Study is a landmark project investigating the causes of breast cancer. Read more about what the study's ac...
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New research reveals how cancer cells pretend to be ‘super-fit’ to survive and spread
Our researchers uncovered how cancer cells can hijack a natural process called cell competition to help them grow and spread at the expense ...
