Latest News & Blogs
From personal breast cancer experiences to research and partnership developments, here you can find Prevent Breast Cancer’s latest news, recent blogs and charity updates.
Running For Prevention
A team of five individuals, driven by their passion for breast cancer research and healthcare, is gearing up to conquer the Great Manchester Run, the city's most iconic and best-loved running event. Not only are they making a significant impact in their ...
Published On: May 8th, 2025Prevent Breast Cancer’s First Health Inequalities Roundtable
On 18th March, Prevent Breast Cancer hosted its first-ever Health Inequalities Roundtable, bringing together experts in breast cancer prevention and early diagnosis. This professionally facilitated event provided a platform for collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and action-oriented discussions aimed at tackling disparities in breast ...
Published On: April 1st, 2025Candy Ekanoye: We need answers to why breast cancer continues to devastate families
Candy Ekanoye was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, aged just 41. Three months later, her sister devastatingly received her own breast cancer diagnosis. However, it didn’t just stop there, with both her cousin, auntie and then more recently Candy’s daughter, Victoria, ...
Published On: March 27th, 2025Mothers at risk of breast cancer needed for new study – can you help?
A University of Manchester study is seeking to explore the views of mothers at increased risk of breast cancer on a potential new family weight loss programme to help reduce risk of breast cancer. Mai Haiba, a PhD student supervised by Professor ...
Published On: March 19th, 2025Claire Whittaker: Knowledge is such a gift
Claire Whittaker is a long-term supporter of Prevent Breast Cancer, and this year, she is running the London Marathon to fundraise for the charity. Fourteen years ago, Claire underwent genetic testing and discovered she carried a genetic mutation which meant she had ...
Published On: March 6th, 2025Exciting Progress in Tamoxifen Research
We are thrilled to share some fantastic news about the impact of our project Investigating the Effectiveness of Preventative Tamoxifen. Thanks to the preliminary data gathered in our tamoxifen research, Dr Andrew Gilmore, Dr Sacha Howell, Dr Sankari Nagarajan and Professor Sue ...
Published On: March 5th, 2025San Carlo Goes The Extra Mile for Prevent Breast Cancer
Hospitality Helps is an initiative launched by The Tim Bacon Foundation in partnership with Prevent Breast Cancer. Restaurateurs, bars, and other hospitality venues have come together to support Prevent Breast Cancer in 2024 and 2025 in any way they can – ranging ...
Published On: February 20th, 2025Showcasing The Tree of Life: How exploring diversity can create unity
A new exhibition at Manchester Museum is showcasing how creative arts can be used to communicate research. Co-created by academics within The Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health as part of the University of Manchester’s commitment to improving cancer outcomes ...
Published On: February 20th, 2025
Sex and The Titty – The trailblazing new podcast
Carrie Bradshaw once said : ‘There comes a point in every relationship when romance gives way to reality.’ What if that reality is cancer? Sex and The Titty is a brand new, trailblazing podcast exploring intimacy challenges faced by women living with ...
Published On: February 14th, 2025Significant breast cancer screening trial using AI to begin
A new breast screening trial using Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to take place in the UK. The BBC reports that the Early Detection using Information Technology in Health (Edith) trial will invite almost 700,000 women who are already booked in for their ...
Published On: February 5th, 2025New Years Honours for Eamonn and Margo
With the recent reveal of King Charles’ New Years Honours list for 2025, we were delighted that amongst the host of famous faces and celebrities, two members of the Prevent Breast Cancer family received awards. Eamonn O’Neal, chairman of Prevent Breast Cancer ...
Published On: January 8th, 2025Rebecca Hartley: Early diagnosis and breast screening saves lives
Rebecca Hartley, from Cheshire, was diagnosed with breast cancer aged only 37. Now a proud Prevent Breast Cancer ambassador, she is fronting the charity’s campaign to raise the remaining funds needed to build a new breast imaging academy. We caught up with ...
Published On: December 4th, 2024Breaking Ground: Work starts on The Academy
Work to build the National Breast Imaging Academy in Manchester has begun, with ground broken at the site at Wythenshawe Hospital by breast cancer survivor Rebecca Hartley and Coronation Street actress Sue Cleaver, who have fronted a fundraising appeal to start the ...
Published On: December 4th, 2024Back on the road with Prevent Breast Cancer’s BooBee bus
Mark your calendars! This month, Prevent Breast Cancer's iconic pink BooBee bus will be back on the streets of Manchester, part of its latest drive to make Manchester the most breast-aware city in the UK. The bus, along with several ambassadors, affectionately ...
Published On: November 13th, 2024Catherine Seddon: Mum was the kindest, most loving, and most inspirational woman
Catherine Seddon, 22, from Wigan, devastatingly lost her mum, Barbara, to breast cancer in June 2024. Catherine has since vowed to do all she can to prevent breast cancer for future generations and to break the cycle of devastation that breast cancer ...
Published On: November 7th, 2024Introducing our new corporate partners: Simplyhealth
Simplyhealth is a leading healthcare company, committed to helping everybody access affordable everyday healthcare services. Alongside five other women’s health charities, Simplyhealth is partnering with Prevent Breast Cancer to amplify the conversation around women’s health in the UK. We recently caught up ...
Published On: November 6th, 2024Breaking Down Barriers: Working to Address Health Inequalities
As October wraps up, bringing both Black History Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month to a close, it’s an important time to spotlight a pressing issue: the unequal impact of breast cancer on Black and Asian women. Despite advances in breast cancer ...
Published On: October 30th, 2024Highlights From The First Prevent Breast Cancer Research Conference
Prevent Breast Cancer proudly hosted its first-ever Research Conference on 24th and 25th of September 2024, at INNSiDE by Melia in Manchester City Centre. This two-day event was a milestone for the organisation, bringing together some of the brightest minds in breast ...
Published On: October 25th, 2024Yulia Baynham: I became a member of a club no one wanted to be in
"My world turned upside down and I genuinely thought I would not see my children finish school and university." In January 2019, Yulia Baynham was diagnosed with breast cancer after screening as part of her annual employer medical. During treatment she was ...
Published On: October 21st, 2024Sharon Phillips: If I’d not had my mammogram, my cancer could have spread further
Sharon Phillips knows only too well the importance of attending breast screening, after being diagnosed with breast cancer after her first mammogram. The Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we spoke to Sharon about her diagnosis and why she’s encouraging women to attend their ...
Published On: October 14th, 2024Jenna Herycz: Visiting the breast unit saved my life
Jenna Herycz, a mother of three, was diagnosed with breast cancer aged just 31, after noticing that one of her nipples had begun to point inwards. After hearing about Prevent Breast Cancer's campaign to build a National Breast Imaging Academy, Jenna knew ...
Published On: October 14th, 2024Keisha Chadwick: Breast cancer doesn’t discriminate
Keisha Chadwick was only 28 years old when she received the devastating news that she had breast cancer, just seven weeks after giving birth to her first child. Since making a full recovery, and determined to raise awareness, she is throwing all ...
Published On: October 9th, 2024Sarah, Duchess of York, joins Prevent Breast Cancer as patron
Sarah, Duchess of York, is today announced as patron of Prevent Breast Cancer and vowed to do all she can to raise awareness of the importance of prevention and early detection. Following her own experience of breast cancer in 2023, the Duchess ...
Published On: October 9th, 2024Spotlight on Anthony Wilby: Breaking the cycle of breast cancer
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 ...
Published On: September 11th, 2024
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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 ...
Published On: September 11th, 2024Holly Oldham: It feels like a dream…it all happened so fast
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 ...
Published On: September 5th, 2024In Consultation with Professor Michelle Harvie
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 ...
Published On: August 29th, 2024Georgi Welch: Hiking for Prevention
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 ...
Published On: July 31st, 2024Aceing Breast Cancer: The Hologic and Women’s Tennis Association Event
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 ...
Published On: July 10th, 2024Rajiv Dave: Artist and Breast Surgeon
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 ...
Published On: June 27th, 2024
About Prevent Breast Cancer
Prevent Breast Cancer is the only UK charity entirely dedicated to the prediction and prevention of breast cancer – we’re committed to freeing the world from the disease altogether. Unlike many cancer charities, we’re focused on preventing, rather than curing. Promoting early diagnosis, screening and lifestyle changes, we believe we can stop the problem before it starts. And being situated at the only breast cancer prevention centre in the UK, we’re right at the front-line in the fight against the disease. Join us today and help us create a future free from breast cancer. If you have any questions or concerns, email us today.
