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Financial support and benefits when you have breast cancer

You may be able to get financial support if you have breast cancer. Find out more about financial benefits and support you may be entitled to.

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 brought to their lives.

Breast Cancer Now celebrates landmark victory as Trodelvy is recommended for use on the NHS in England

Responding, Baroness Delyth Morgan, Chief Executive at Breast Cancer Now, said:

What do we still need to learn about DCIS?

Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) is an early form of breast cancer. With DCIS, cancer cells are present in the breast duct, but they can’t spread to the surrounding breast tissue.

How to Wear It Pink at school

Organise a fundraising event at your school to get creative, raise money and save lives.

Lisa Riley - on family history, awareness and support

In this episode, Lisa Riley opens up about her mum's breast cancer diagnosis, the Emmerdale storyline about breast cancer, and her work with Breast Cancer Now.

Exercises after breast cancer surgery (BCC6)

This leaflet can help you regain arm and shoulder movement after breast cancer surgery. It has exercises for the different stages of your recovery, starting from the day after your operation.

Two hormones could help more accurately predict breast cancer risk in younger women

A study has found that adding two hormone measurements to a breast cancer risk prediction tool can increase its accuracy for women aged 35-50.

My breast cancer is incurable but it won’t stop me living my life

Laura was first diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 25. She finished treatment for primary breast cancer, but later, Laura was told the cancer was back.

I wanted to use my breast cancer experience to educate others, and ended up helping myself unexpectedly

After Linda was treated for DCIS, she wanted to give back and help improve services for future patients. She’s now a Patient Advocate with Breast Cancer Now, and continues to learn new things as she works to help others.

Sex and intimacy with Dr Isabel White

30 September 2026 at 7pm. During the session Isabel will be talking about the effects of breast cancer on our sex lives, and how these may be relieved to allow more enjoyment of sex and intimacy again