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As a unique and complete breast cancer prevention charity, we fund high quality breast cancer research focussed on predicting and preventing the disease. One of our current projects, fully funded by the charity, introduces a new method of maintaining human breast tissue to ...

Whether you’re a fan of get togethers with friends, a challenge setter, or perhaps an avid runner, raising attention and funds for Prevent Breast Cancer this Breast Cancer Awareness Month will help us break the cycle of breast cancer. Fancy getting involved ...

In 2022, 32-year-old Holly Oldham was diagnosed with breast cancer. To raise awareness, Holly recently spoke to Prevent Breast Cancer about her diagnosis, and how this led to a recent fundraising challenge for the charity. I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma ...

Professor Michelle Harvie is an award-winning research dietitian working at the Prevent Breast Cancer Research Unit. She’s been a leader in her field for 24 years and has had her findings published in many major scientific journals. Indeed, in research funded by Prevent ...

Georgi Welch recently took on an incredible fundraising journey, raising over £6000 for four charities, including Prevent Breast Cancer. In 2022, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Sadly cancer has been part of her life for over twenty years including devastatingly losing ...

Hologic and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) kindly invited Prevent Breast Cancer to attend a Tennis Clinic and Q&A with coaching legend, Judy Murray on the 29th June. We were so grateful for this once in a lifetime opportunity, having brought with ...

Mr Rajiv V Dave is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast and Endocrine Surgeon, based at The Nightingale Centre, and is an active supporter of Prevent Breast Cancer. Mr Dave was born and raised in Kenya, East Africa, before completing medical training in Leeds, Melbourne ...

A new blood test, called a liquid biopsy, has been revealed as a breakthrough in preventing breast cancer recurrence. Presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, the test can predict if breast cancer will return years before the disease ...

In December 2023, Cath Ray received the news that she had breast cancer. She’s currently undergoing treatment at The Christie in Macclesfield, but she hasn’t let that stop her; Cath and her husband Ian are taking on a huge challenge in 2024 ...

Here at Prevent Breast Cancer, we’re always looking for supporters to share their inspirational stories. Tia Haworth has been a long-term supporter of Prevent Breast Cancer for a number of years, raising nearly £7,000 in the process, from selling crafts that she ...

Julia Bradbury's ITV Documentary mentions a SNP test. But what does that mean? In her emotional and very personal documentary about surgery for breast cancer, Julia Bradbury describes having a new test called a SNP test. Below you can find out more ...

Kellie Armer carries a mutated BRCA1 gene, which means she has between a 45 and 90% risk of developing breast cancer in her lifetime. In April, she ran The 2024 London Marathon for Prevent Breast Cancer, raising over £20,000 for the charity. ...

Breast cancer researchers have discovered a way of keeping human breast tissue viable outside of the body for at least seven days, offering a powerful opportunity to study cell changes in response to different drugs and aiding opportunities for new drug development. ...

Dr Hannah Harrison is a research fellow at the University of Manchester and a member of The Manchester Breast Centre, with over 20 years’ experience in cancer research. She focuses on developing better ways to study breast cancer. Her current work, fully funded by ...

Former Girls Aloud singer, Sarah Harding, shared details of her breast cancer diagnosis aged 39 with The Times. Sarah disclosed that she had a painful lump before seeing a GP, which later revealed she had breast cancer. Devastatingly, Sarah lost her life ...

Julie Grabham was diagnosed with breast cancer following a routine breast screening appointment. Since her diagnosis, she has launched a campaign to encourage the government to make changes to legislation to allow employees paid time off for their breast screening appointments. We ...

32 year old Jemima Olding carries a PALB2 gene alteration, which means she has an increased risk of developing breast cancer. To help raise awareness and spend more quality time with her family, Jemima took on the March 31 walking challenge for ...

Loretta Mooney has joined Prevent Breast Cancer's 100 Club to raise the final funds urgently required to build the National Breast Imaging Academy, which will provide more screenings, more staff and more research. Over the next year, Loretta, a Financial Planner, has ...

You wanted to know what a breast cancer free future means to me, but it’s what it means to the world. Think of all the women, the mothers, the daughters, the sisters, the aunts and the cousins worldwide impacted by this horrible, ...

A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) breast screening solution, called Mia, has recently been piloted at NHS Grampian to identify tiny signs of breast cancer, that would be otherwise hard to spot with the human eye. The tool, funded by a UK government ...

Colin Taverner is taking on this year’s Tour de Manc and cycling 100 miles for Prevent Breast Cancer. In our latest blog, he tells us about his wife’s devastating diagnosis and his hope for a breast cancer free future. On 29th December ...

The Chair of Prevent Breast Cancer, Eamonn O’Neal, has been chosen by King Charles as the next High Sheriff of Greater Manchester. The appointment of Eamonn was formally announced by Buckingham Palace earlier on this week and he will take up his ...

Sue Murby was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 48, two years younger than the age mammograms are normally offered. In our latest blog, she tells us how she turned her breast cancer diagnosis into a positive thing, including joining a breast cancer ...

One Lump or Two? - a brand new podcast that’s not afraid to laugh (and cry) in the face of breast cancer. Featuring two women and three boobs, ‘baldly’ tackling life's darkest moments. Kate Hargreaves and Shelley Syme were total strangers but ...

If you’ve visited The Nightingale Centre over the past 10 years, or took part in one of our events, the likelihood is that you’ve spoken to Janet Royle. One of our much-loved and glamourous volunteers, who at the same time is very ...

Taking on Prevent Breast Cancer's Run 56km in November challenge, 22 year old Ella Preston decided to push herself even further by running a phenomenal 56km a week for her mum. Ella's mum was diagnosed with breast cancer at Christmas in 2022, ...

Tens of thousands with Jewish ancestry will undergo genetic testing for BRCA gene mutations under a new NHS initiative programme. Following a one-year pilot scheme, The NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme has officially launched, with the aim to detect and prevent ...

Last summer, Kimberley Dolan, then aged 38, received the life shattering news she had breast cancer. In her own words, read how her world was turned upside down in the blink of an eye and how she has now fearlessly signed up ...

The brilliant Lester Barr MBE, founder and Honorary Chairman of Prevent Breast Cancer recently took to the stage at TEDx Warrington, opening his talk with the powerful premise of imagining a world where breast cancer had become a thing of the past, ...

Manchester's monumental effort in the prediction and prevention of breast cancer Manchester is a key player in the monumental effort to progress research into both the prediction and prevention of breast cancer. In collaboration between Prevent Breast Cancer and The Manchester ...