Telegraph breast cancer Q&A: research and the future
The fourth and fifth of our breast cancer Q and A is now available on the Telegraph website and here on my Blog. As before, Antonia Dean from Breast Cancer Care and Baroness Delyth Morgan from Breast...
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Following my Q and A discussions with Delyth Morgan from Breast Cancer Campaign and Antonia Dean from Breast Cancer Campaign, hosted by Telegraph TV, there is now an article housing all five videos. We...
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I could not be more delighted that Breast Cancer Campaign is publicly urging the NHS to understand – and take seriously – the side effects of Tamoxifen. If you are a reader of my blog, you will know...
View ArticleFilling the current gaps in breast cancer research could beat the disease by...
Leading up to 13 October – Breast Cancer Care’s Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day – comes the publication of Breast Cancer Campaign’s “Gap Analysis 2013”, which has identified the ten “critical”...
View ArticleMoney raised for breast cancer research targets the new personalised treatments
October draws to an end, leaving in its wake much of the pink residue of Breast Cancer Awareness Month – but not all. Research goes on – and amazing people continue to pursue their aim of raising money...
View ArticleLooking ahead to 2014 – cancer treatment and care
Sitting in on a discussion day for Breast Cancer Campaign yesterday, I was astonished at how much detailed work goes into all aspects of a research charity. The Communications Department was kind...
View ArticleThere is still a vast amount of work to be done, but attitudes towards breast...
The news that Jacquie Beltrao – the Sky Sports presenter – has been diagnosed with breast cancer aged 48, took me back sixteen years, to the day I heard that my oldest and dearest friend, Jessica, had...
View Article'I am not the Cancer' illustrates the psycho-social impact of advanced breast...
Last year the photographer, Tim Wainwright and sound artist John Wynne – experienced in working within the medical world – were commissioned by Novartis Oncology to find a way of illustrating the...
View ArticleTime to licence Tamoxifen for preventative medicine
Tamoxifen is, not only a well-proven drug, but a cheap one (7p per day). NICE has urged GPs to offer Tamoxifen or Raloxifene to an estimated 488,000 women over the age of 35, whose family history gives...
View ArticlePredicting and preventing disease in Breast Cancer Awareness Month
A beacon of pink shining across London from Wembley's iconic arch is the emblem of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Whether or not you agree with the surfeit of frothy pink which abounds during October,...
View ArticleThe focus on breast cancer now definitely includes men too.
As many men will verify, the focus of breast cancer awareness is directed at women. However, it is entirely possible – but rare – for this disease to occur in men too. Writing about the subject a...
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