Our news pages include items about our research, media appearances, updates on our fundraising and Splash of Pink events, blogs and an archive.
Junior Research Fellow, Dr Lina Hacker has had a highly successful first year at Oriel College, University of Oxford. Dr Hacker is researching new ways to detect and investigate low oxygen levels (hypoxia) in breast cancer, a major source of treatment resistance and aggressiveness. Tumours often have low oxygen levels because they grow rapidly, outpacing …
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Getting to know our supporters has long been a passion of ours. The more we listen, the better we can understand what motivates them – what drives them to give up their precious time to raise vital funds for our research. When Hetty applied to run the Oxford Half Marathon for us, we discovered that …
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On Sunday 29th September 2024, a team of 25 Against Breast Cancer runners lined up at the Berlin Marathon start line, ready to take on the fastest and flattest course of the Abbot World Marathon Majors. It was a dry, mild day and the race saw 50,000 participants from over 150 different countries take on …
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Thank you so much to Steph Harrison and her wonderful Charity Angels team for putting on a quite magnificent fashion show at the Bat and Ball Centre in Sevenoaks on Saturday 28th September. Nine models, all with lived experience of breast cancer, took to the catwalk to show off various stunning clothing lines. Accompanied by famous …
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Against Breast Cancer volunteer Hetty is running the Oxford Half Marathon 2024 for the charity this weekend. She looks ahead here to the event and explains her reasons for taking part. On the 13th October 2024, 13,000 runners will descend upon The City of Dreaming Spires to run the annual Half Marathon. The 21.1km route …
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