All our latest news, campaign updates and blog posts from the METUPUK team and the wider MBC community.
What price survival? I think I’m officially a long-term metastatic breast cancer survivor. I mean I have just passed five years since diagnosis and when I looked up the average it was 3-5 years, so I…
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Red Flags and DENOVO Breast Cancer Primary breast cancer tends to fill Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’s a month where our social media, TV, radio, advertising and retail all turn pink and fluffy…
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I was just 39 years old, a mother of three young girls, facing a life expectancy of two to three years post metastatic (secondary) breast cancer diagnosis. My chance to see my girls grow up and live…
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Sadly our Kit @Diamondtrees11 died on Monday 7th May 2023 We will miss her voice as she wasn’t scared of speaking out about issues. This blog post by Kit from 2020 still reads as strong today as it…
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Jo Taylor’s infographic on the red flag signs for metastatic breast cancer is a brilliant resource and one that should be shared far and wide, but this is my story about being so lucky to have been…
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METUPUK’ Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign for October across the UK and on social media channels. Continuing the synergy with The Darker Side of Pink travelling campaign highlighting the 31…
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The backache began in January 2023: I went to my GP and red flagged that I had had breast cancer (due to METUPUK infographics I knew of the warning signs), but I wasn’t referred for a scan. It was…
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I was diagnosed with ER/PR+ HER- primary breast cancer in February 2022. I was treated with a lumpectomy followed by 12 sessions of chemotherapy and 24 sessions of radiotherapy; I am now on a 10-year…
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A cancer drug which received standing ovation from the Global Medical Community is being withheld from NHS breast cancer patients. METUPUK are devastated by NICE decision not to recommend the drug…
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My Mum died in June 2018 after being diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2016. Her death certificate stated that she had secondary breast cancer in her liver. This was all I knew about primary and…
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Emma Lawrence (née Fisher) 21.01.81 – 13.07.24 Everyone at METUPUK is incredibly saddened to hear that Emma Lawrence (née Fisher) has died at the age of 43. Emma was diagnosed with early stage breast…
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METUPUK has joined the Northern Ireland Coalition (NICCC) and will work collaboratively with partner charities to improve outcomes for cancer patients in Northern Ireland. Ann McBrien, METUPUK’s…
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