METUPUK in the News

MetUpUk Members in the News

We are constantly raising awareness for MetUpUk and those living with Metastatic Breast Cancer.

If you are a journalist or broadcaster and you would like to speak with someone from MetUpUK about life with MBC please get in touch on metupuk@gmail.com

Jo Taylor, the founder of MetUpUK, joins other members of the secondary breast cancer community to discusses the need for metastatic breast cancer patients to be counted and other issues that we are facing.

MetUpUK member Emma Fisher speaks to BBC Look North about what is has been like living with cancer for the last 5 years and about her involvement with MetUpUK

MetUpUK founder Jo Taylor speaks about metastatic breast cancer on BBC 5 Live.

Listen to the full interview here.

Tassia was diagnosed with her primary breast cancer at 24 and then with metastatic breast cancer at 28, after the red flag signals were ignored by many doctors. She talks to BBC radio Wales about her diagnosis.

On metastatic breast cancer day MetUPUk’s founder Jo Taylor spoke to Sky News about the 31 women who die, our Darker Side of Pink campaign, and the reality of living with secondary breast cancer.

Laura Ashurst talks to Scott Makin at BBC Radio Tees about living with metastatic breast cancer for the last 12 years and how she wasn’t given the red flag symptoms, the Darker Pink campaign, and how we need SBC patients to be counted countrywide.

MetUpUK member, Emma Hillier, speaks to BBC 5live about what it’s like to live with secondary breast cancer and making the most of time spent with her son.

Jo Taylor, founder of MetUpUK takes to the BBC to discuss the need for metastatic breast cancer patients to be counted whilst they are alive, and not just when they die.

MetUpUK member Emma Fisher spoke with the New York Times along side a number of other women with breast cancer, all discussing how October makes them feel. Especially as a metastatic breast cancer patient.

Read it here

We have members across the country who are all experienced in speaking to the press about living with secondary breast cancer.

We specifically have members who are all available for media opportunities in the following areas;

• London,
• Manchester,
• Wales,
• The North East
• Yorkshire,
• Scotland
• The South West

Please email metupuk@gmail.com for more infomation about each of our respresentives.

The full record

Every time a member has spoken to the press, with a link to what we wrote about it at the time. The films above are the broadcast work; this is everything, in order.

If you are a journalist looking for background, this is the fastest way to see who has spoken about what.

2021

• The New York Times — 15 October. Emma Fisher, with other women living with breast cancer, on how October feels when you are metastatic. Read the article
• The Good Enough Project podcast — 26 January. Bex Lewis on what it means to be a "good enough" cancer patient. Our post
• This is MedTech — 19 January. Founder Jo Taylor on relying on continuous treatment to stay alive. Our post

2020

• Hopeful Activists podcast — 5 December. Bex Lewis on hope and grief. Our post
• The Guardian — 15 November. Sarah Hughes on living with stage IV cancer through COVID, citing the #IAmThe31 campaign. Our post
• The Institute of Cancer Research — 12 November. Emma Robertson on cancer drug pricing, and how approval could be made faster. Our post
• Tech for Good Live — 9 November. Bex Lewis, in their newsletter. Our post
• Future Dreams magazine — 5 November. Mary Huckle, across four pages. Our post
• MailOnline — 2 November. The #IAmThe31 campaign and the tyranny of pink positivity, with Jo Taylor, Bex Lewis, Tassia Haines and Em. Our post
• Beauty Despite Cancer — 20 October. Jennifer Young featured the #IAmThe31 campaign and ABC Diagnosis. Our post
• Total Health — 17 October. Jo Taylor and Madeleine Meynell on what every woman who has had breast cancer should know. Our post
• MailOnline — 8 October. Mary Huckle, the day after Lorraine. Our post
• ITV, Lorraine — 7 October. Mary Huckle and Jen Cronje on the impact of COVID-19 on secondary cancer treatment. Our post
• BBC — 7 September. Bex Lewis on cancer and COVID-19. Our post
• Total Health — 28 August. On what the media got wrong in its coverage of Sarah Harding's diagnosis. Our post
• The Telegraph — 7 July. Jo Taylor calling for an end to end-of-treatment bells. Our post
• BBC News — 14 May. Kit, on how the coronavirus outbreak disrupted cancer screening, treatment and trials. Our post
• Premier Christian Radio — 26 March. Bex Lewis on dealing with cancer, high risk, and being stranded in New Zealand. Our post
• Breast Cancer Now — 18 March. Kit's patient story: living young with de novo metastatic cancer. Our post
• Total Health — 22 January. Madeleine Meynell on the signs and symptoms of metastatic breast cancer. Our post

2019

• ITV, This Morning — 29 October. Jo Taylor in the debate on banning end-of-treatment bell ceremonies. Our post

2018

• At an oncology conference — 19 July. Beth Roberts explains what METUPUK is for, and why the red flag infographics matter. Our post

Also on film, above: Sky News, BBC Radio Tees, BBC 5 Live, BBC Look North and BBC Radio Wales, with Jo Taylor, Laura Ashurst, Emma Hillier and Emma Fisher.

Something missing from this record? If a member has spoken to the press and it is not here, tell us at metupuk@gmail.com and we will add it.