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We are gearing up for this weekends Edinburgh Marathon Festival, where we have over 200 fantastic runners joining team Breast Cancer Care, taking part in everything from a 5k to a full marathon. We are so proud to have such dedicated runners as part of our team and want to say Good Luck to each and every one of them for their forthcoming challenge.
Each individual has been training hard whilst...
This weekend we watched over 700 people walk the 10 and 20 mile routes around Blenheim Palace – we couldn’t be more proud of all they have achieved, so we thought we’d share some photos from the day.
Following the success of our partnership with the Prostate Cancer Charity for the 2012 Virgin London Marathon we have now embarked on another exciting joint project, this time with Bowel Cancer UK. This two-year project, which started on 1 July 2011, has been funded by the Department of Health and will involve the development of a joint training course designed to give people the skills, knowledge and confidence to deliver breast and bowel cancer awareness messages.
This new course is...
Commenting on new National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on the use of opioids as a first-line treatment option to relieve pain for patients receiving palliative care, Dr Emma Pennery, Clinical Director at Breast Cancer Care said:
'Pain can be a significant problem for many people with secondary breast cancer* throughout their illness, from diagnosis through to the palliative care stage. So we support today’s announcement that NICE have issued guidance about...
Reading Town hall, Thursday 21st June, 1.30 – 4pm
'I gained reassurance that my personal treatment was the best it could have been. A complicated topic put into layman’s terms'
Breast cancer care client, 2012.
Come along to our free information session on 21 June, where Dr Emma Pennery, Clinical Director of Breast Cancer Care, will talk about the different types of drugs used in the treatment of primary breast cancer...
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