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Personal stories
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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...
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As men, we’ve got to be prepared to talk about breast cancer
John was 50 years old and working as an engineer when he first noticed a lump on his chest. He was diagnosed with grade 3 breast cancer soon...
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Rediscovering intimacy after breast cancer isn’t about going back to how things were – it's about finding even deeper closeness than before
Sex and intimacy can be complicated after breast cancer. In fact, a survey we published in 2024 revealed that 98% of women with breast cance...
Podcasts
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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...
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Personal experience, Season 6
Rosamund and Alice - on writing through the breast cancer experience
In this episode of the Breast Cancer Now podcast, Laura speaks to fellow authors Rosamund Dean and Alice May Purkiss about putting the breas...
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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Unveiling our ‘I don’t count?’ installation outside the Scottish parliament
We’re committed to improving secondary breast cancer data collection across the UK. Read how we’ve been spotlighting this issue in Scotland ...
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Wearing it pink in parliaments across the UK for Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2026
Marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we took our annual wear it pink event to the Senedd in Cardiff, the Scottish parliament, and finally ...
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Improving support for women at increased risk of breast cancer
Around 1 in 7 women in the UK will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. However, some women due to their genetics or family hi...
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National Audit of Metastatic Breast Cancer publishes second ‘State of the Nation’ report
Currently in the UK, there is no accurate, up-to-date figure on the number of people living with secondary (metastatic) breast cancer.
Research news
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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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Scientists uncover how cells repair toxic DNA damage linked to breast cancer
Our researchers have uncovered how our cells repair a harmful type of DNA damage. Their findings could help improve cancer treatments.
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Drug already available on the NHS shows promise in preventing breast cancer in women before the menopause
A new study funded by Breast Cancer Now and supported by Prevent Breast Cancer has found that a drug already available on the NHS could help...
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Our researchers have discovered a new approach for treatment resistant breast cancers
At the Breast Cancer Now Research Unit at Kings College London, scientists have developed ‘triple engineered’ antibodies that can restrict t...
