Our news pages include items about our research, media appearances, updates on our fundraising and Splash of Pink events, blogs and an archive.
Against Breast Cancer has joined together with three other great charities to create Giving For Futures. By uniting with SeeAbility, the National Deaf Children’s Society and the YMCA, we have formed the consortium.to enable individuals to regularly through thieir Payroll. Payroll Giving is an efficient way to donate and by working together, we can all …
Read moreWe first encountered the Girlguiding approach to bra recycling a short time after Isabel came across an article in Girlguiding magazine whilst on a car trip with her grandparents. The article, Isabel’s mum remembers, was about a group of Guides who were collecting bras for charity. Isabel immediately set about convincing her mum to let …
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Antibodies engineered to carry anti-cancer drugs are increasingly being used to treat a variety of diseases, including breast cancer, and future treatment might not only be used at lower doses, but also have reduced side effects too. Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated in the laboratory that destruction of cancer cells can be …
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When the staff of Her Majesty’s Prison Foston Hall contacted us about holding a fundraising event, we were delighted to be able to support their initiatives by providing them with items to sell. What we didn’t know at the time was that alongside our wristbands were knitted pink ribbon brooches for sale. These particular brooches …
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Redesigned Bi-Specific antibodies may offer new hope against secondary breast cancer. We are delighted to announce that we are now funding a 4-year project at Oxford University to make new breast cancer treatments that stick to cancerous breast cells that have spread throughout the body; a currently incurable condition termed metastases, or secondary spread. Dr. …
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