Clinical information
The people behind the numbers
We want every person affected by breast cancer to receive the best treatment, information and support, with all our work aimed at making that vision a reality.
We keep careful...
I wrote last year that I was watching how the iPad version of our award-winning free picture book Mummy’s Lump was performing. We launched this read-aloud format of the book...
There’s growing evidence that taking the hormone therapy drug tamoxifen for 10 years rather than five reduces the risk of breast cancer coming back.
A study of 7,000 people by...
When people are worried, upset or just want to mull things over with someone who understands what they’re going through, talking on the phone isn’t always the best option. We know some people prefer the anonymity of email or they find it easier to write their feelings down rather than talk about...
Actress Angelina Jolie has written a personal account of being told she has a fault in her BRCA1 gene and her decision to have a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer.
Writing in the...
One of the sad facts about breast cancer is that sometimes, despite the best available treatment for primary breast cancer, people go on to develop incurable secondary illness.
It’s not possible to predict someone’s life expectancy accurately after such a diagnosis, but people...
Volunteer for us, and you could find yourself talking to a committee of MPs and Peers at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster.
That’s what happened to Judy Dadswell, who’s been a one-to-one telephone support volunteer...
This website is the main source of information and support for many women with breast cancer around the world, as I learnt during...
Improving the treatment, support and care of people affected by breast cancer is a core part of our work here. Sometimes this means we get the chance to learn about and help spread gold standard care and support initiatives at international...
We get a lot of questions about breast reconstruction to our Helpline and our Ask the Nurse email service. Here is a sample.
What is breast reconstruction?
Breast reconstruction is the creation of a new breast shape...
I’ve been part of the Services team here for more than two years. I travel the country delivering our face- to-face information and support services to people affected by breast cancer.
Many of the women I meet tell me that a diagnosis of breast cancer can be very isolating; that despite...
Commenting on the decision today by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence not to recommend everolimus (also known as Afinitor and made by Novartis Pharmaceuticals) for the treatment of postmenopausal women with HER2 negative, hormone-receptor-positive secondary breast cancer...
Breast Cancer Care comments on new treatment for advanced HER2-positive breast cancer patients as Perjeta (pertuzumab) gets regulatory green light.
Dr Emma Pennery, Clinical Director of Breast Cancer Care said:
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Experts at Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Campaign have joined forces with Telegraph health blogger Judith Potts to host an open forum, answering questions from Telegraph readers about breast...
A new service to help patients in Scotland cope with the impact of hair loss after cancer treatment is being launched by Scottish broadcaster Kaye Adams in Glasgow on Wednesday 27 February. The service is run by leading support charity Breast Cancer Care in partnership with Cancer Support...
Breast Cancer Care comments on new research showing that lung cancer is set to overtake breast cancer as the main cause of cancer death among European women by 2015, published today, Wednesday 13 February 2013, in Annals of Oncology.
Jackie Harris,...
A Parliamentary inquiry into how older people with breast cancer are treated and cared for wants people to come forward and talk about their experiences.
The inquiry is being held by the ...
Hello. My name is Denise Delaney and in September 2012 I joined Breast Cancer Care as Helpline and Ask the Nurse Manager.
Since then I've seen amazing work every day, and I feel proud to be part of an organisation that makes such a difference to the lives of so many people.
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Breast cancer has received much news coverage in the last 48 hours, with headlines claiming there is a ‘Drug that prevents breast cancer for 20 years’ (Daily Mail) and ‘500,000 women to be offered breast cancer drugs’ (Guardian).
Why are breast cancer drugs in...
The unique insight and support of our trained one-to-one peer support volunteers is now available by email alongside the established telephone service.
Sometimes only someone who’s been there can really understand what you’re going through. And sometimes it’s easier not to talk face to...
As we tidy away the trappings of the festive season and put the past year behind us, we may also think about the year ahead. Birthdays, holidays and family occasions go into new diaries and calendars.
For many in treatment for breast cancer, there'll be a point in 2013 when that treatment...
Commenting on latest figures revealing significant cuts to Cancer Networks, Jane Hatfield, Director of Policy and Research at Breast Cancer Care, said:
'People undergoing breast cancer treatment and their families will be...
One of the first awareness weeks of 2013 is National Braille Week, which takes place from 4-11 January.
Braille uses raised dots which can be felt with the fingertips and is one way for...
Commenting on the latest data from the Phase III CLEOPATRA study, presented on 8 December at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), which shows that Perjeta (pertuzumab) can prolong the lives of people with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer when used in combination...
Oncotype DX is a gene profiling test that can help determine whether a person diagnosed with breast cancer will benefit from having chemotherapy and how likely it is that their cancer will return in future.
On Friday 30 November, I chaired a one-day conference for breast care nurses...
There are many different types of complementary therapy, from acupuncture and aromatherapy to homeopathy and hypnotherapy.
We know that many people who’ve had breast cancer try complementary therapies...
As a charity that spends a lot of time talking and listening to people affected by breast cancer, we know you want and need accurate, up-to-date and accessible breast care information.
High-quality information resources can help people to understand the issues and make difficult decisions...
New guidelines for UK teams providing oncoplastic breast reconstruction have just been launched, along with a summary of the guidelines for patients.
The guidelines aim to ensure all breast cancer patients are well...
Commenting on an article published in Environmental Health Perspectives,‘Breast cancer risk in relation to occupations with exposure to carcinogens and endocrine disruptors: a Canadian case-control study’, Breast Cancer Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Carolyn Rogers said...
Value-Based Pricing: Getting it right for people with cancer is a report released today by...
Patient information. It sounds like a simple concept, but it draws in a spider’s web of ideas, challenges, systems and technologies that the NHS has been struggling to bring together for a long time now.
Understanding that this is a tangle helps to answer the question:
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Over the past year, a panel of experts have been looking at existing evidence about the UK's breast screening programme.
The results of this independent breast screening review, commissioned by Cancer Research UK and the Department of Health, are published in today’s Lancet.
All...
‘Information and support for anyone affected by breast cancer’. These words, which appear near the top of every page of our website, describe very succinctly what we do.
I’m the Clinical Director at Breast Cancer Care. I lead a team of 10 nurses, and together we play an important role in...
Commenting on the UK availability of everolimus (Afinitor) for people with secondary breast cancer, Breast Cancer Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Jackie Harris said:
'As the first mTOR inhibitor, the availability of everolimus (Afinitor) in the UK for...
We know that the time after breast cancer treatment can be a tricky one for some people – those regular visits to the hospital are over yet things don’t feel back to ‘normal’ or how people would liek them them to be.
As you will know, people often face many physical and emotional...
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...
Responding to draft guidance from The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommending the use of denosumab (Xgeva, Amgen) for patients with bone metastases (where breast cancer has spread to the bones), Tara Beaumont, Clinical Nurse Specialist for secondary breast...
Responding to a review of the literature about alcohol and breast cancer which concludes that alcohol is causally related with breast cancer, and at intakes of up to one alcoholic drink (10-12g of ethanol) per day can increase risk, Grete Brauten Smith, Clinical Nurse Specialist at Breast Cancer...
Commenting on a paper ‘European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2012’ in the Annals of Oncology which anticipates a substantial reduction in deaths from breast cancer, Jackie Harris, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Breast Cancer Care said:
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