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Your free gifts in wills booklet

Our booklet contains tips for writing your will. Download the booklet and receive it by post. Read FAQs about leaving a gift in your will.

Know your breasts - quick guide, Romanian (BCN242)

A quick guide to being breast aware, in Romanian. Whatever your age, size or shape it’s important to look after your breasts by being breast aware. Our illustrated quick guide in Romanian and English shows you what breast changes to look and feel for. This is an ideal pocket-sized (A7) leaflet to promote breast awareness in the community. Includes the Breast Cancer Now checklist.

My marathon training was interrupted by breast cancer treatment, but that won’t stop me from running

Despite unpleasant treatment side effects and surgery recovery time, Danielle persevered with her training. Now, 18 months after her diagnosis, she will be running the London Marathon for Breast Cancer Now.

We respond to today's NHSE Breast Screening Programme 2020-21 report

Key findings: In 2020/21, around 936,000 fewer women in England were screened for breast cancer compared to the previous year. This is a decrease of 44%. In 2020/21, screening uptake reached an all-time low of 61.8%. This was a 7.3% decrease on the previous year. Regional uptake varied from 54.1% in London, to 65% in the East Midlands and the Southeast.

Paying in your fundraising

You did it! You hosted a wear it pink event and now it’s time to put that amazing money to work, to help fund life-saving breast cancer research and life-changing support. Here’s how:

Matching mutations and medicines: research into ATR inhibitors

Pembrolizumab in combination with chemo is approved for use on the NHS in Scotland

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

Breast Cancer Now calls for urgent action to improve awareness of and access to vital breast screening as breast screening uptake remains below target for the fourth consecutive year

As latest NHS England screening data reveals breast screening uptake remains below target for the fourth consecutive year, Breast Cancer Now calls for action to improve awareness of and access to vital breast screening.

It was a tough decision, but I decided I’d rather have no breasts than just one

Danni had a difficult time in chemotherapy when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at 31, and faced more hurdles when it came to surgery. Cancer has changed her in many ways, but she feels it’s made her a better person.

Email support terms and conditions

Learn what you can expect from our Someone Like Me email support service, what we expect from you, and details on how we'll store your personal information.

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EC-T Chemotherapy (BCN249)

This booklet explains what the chemotherapy combination EC-T is, how and when it may be given, and the side effects it can cause. You may like to read it alongside our Chemotherapy for breast cancer booklet.