All our latest news, campaign updates and blog posts from the METUPUK team and the wider MBC community.
Have you ever wondered what the relationship is like between primary and secondary breast cancer patients when they are talking about cancer? We’ve put 4 of our MetUpUK members on a zoom call to chat…
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A diagnosis of cancer is a major life event. None of us is immune to the potential of developing the disease. It doesn’t discriminate by age, gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity. It can also…
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Laura has been living with metastatic breast cancer for 14.5 years, and Nina was diagnosed less than a year ago. They have been friends since they were teenagers. Join them as they chat about finding…
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Hi, I’m Kat, and I’m a nurse at Dr Kershaw’s Hospice in Oldham. You’ve heard from me before and today I wanted to share with you my experiences of supporting Becky, an incredible woman living with…
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“My little sister Helen is 39 years old. She is a married mum of 3 girls, all under the age of 9, and is a nurse with 22 years of service in the RAF. She is a much-loved wife, an adored mummy, a…
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31 life size figures of women are now set to tour the UK as an interactive campaign to raise awareness of issues surrounding secondary breast cancer after a small residency with the support of The…
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When I first started volunteering with METUPUK, I wasn’t really sure what I would do. For a few months, I sat on the sides to get a feel for the organisation. I shared METUPUK links on social media,…
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Last year Nick rode 310 miles through Wales to raise money for MetUpUK. You can follow his whole journey and find out more about why he wanted to do the ride in the first place in this video.
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At METUPUK, we dream of the day when metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is downgraded from an incurable to a chronic illness. The only way this will be possible is through new scientific research. We…
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METUPUK is now 5 years old. In those 5 years there haven’t been many changes in our plans from what we set out to do, but we have achieved so much! And we are now a registered charity! Our strategy,…
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Today, MBC patients got the devastating news that NICE has decided not to fund sacituzumab govitecan (Trodelvy) at the current price. This news affects Triple Negative MBC patients in particular, as…
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*METUPUK welcomes the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) acceptance of Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan) for use within NHSScotland.* Trodelvy is an innovative drug which has been accepted for the…
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