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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...
Commenting on new research from Cancer Research UK which reclassifies breast cancer into ten completely new categories based on the genetic fingerprint of the tumour, Dr Emma Pennery, Clinical Director at Breast Cancer Care said:
'These findings, which reclassify breast cancer into ten new categories based on the genetic features of the tumour, will hopefully lead to more precise, targeted treatment for people with breast cancer.
'We’ve known for a long time...
We’re proud to announce that our latest campaign, Support for the woman behind the cancer, has been nominated for a Body Confidence Award. The nomination is in the ‘Advertising’ category at the first Body Confidence Awards run by The Campaign for Body Confidence and presented in...
Responding to draft guidance from The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommending the use of denosumab (Xgeva, Amgen) for patients with bone metastases (where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 cancer patients, said:
'We welcome this draft guidance from NICE, which recommends the use of denosumab for patients whose breast cancer has spread to their bones. Currently there are...
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 Care said:
'This review of the literature about the link between alcohol and breast cancer confirms that drinking too much alcohol increases the risk of developing breast cancer,...
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