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METUPUK at the UK Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium

METUPUK (Metastatic Exchange To Unleash Power) attended the 2024 United Kingdom’s Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium in Birmingham, hosted by Breast Cancer Now and supported by numerous…

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Madeleine, photographed at home in a green jumper.

Education Patient Advocacy

NICE Methodology Roundtable Discussion

In November 2023 METUPUK trustee Madeleine Meynell was a panel member at the event Optimising NICE outcomes: Policy roundtable on the evolution of NICE methodology and how patient organisations can…

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Laura Ashurst in a METUPUK Busy Living With Mets T-shirt, sitting in a conservatory.

Education Living with MBC

Mindfulness and Metastatic Breast Cancer at Christmas

Living with an incurable form of cancer presents lots of physical, emotional and mental challenges not least of which are the expectations and pressures associated with annual celebrations and…

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Beth Roberts smiling, photographed indoors.

Education Member Stories

Dear Beth…

Hi Beth, it’s Kat here, We never met but your name is talked about so often. Whether it be an amazing thing you did, a funny story, your intellect on dealing with MBC and knowledge on clinical trials…

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Kit Dzeryn smiling into the camera in a sunlit garden.

Education Living with MBC

Kit Dzeryn

Sadly our Kit @Diamondtrees11 died on Monday 7th May. Her husband Phillip contacted us with the tragic news. We didn’t meet Kit but she was an integral part of METUPUK supporting us with writing…

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Education Treatment Options

Meet Gita, a Therapeutic Radiographer

Hi. My name is Gita and I have been a Therapeutic Radiographer for nearly 30 years. I’d like to share my professional and personal experiences of treating both primary and secondary breast cancer.

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Education Living with MBC

Targeted treatment Piqray with Fulvestrant is approved

METUPUK welcomes the approval of Piqray (alpelisib) plus fulvestrant for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, PIK3CA- mutated advanced breast cancer. Piqray is an exciting new…

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Trodelvy Approved by NICE

Education Living with MBC

Trodelvy Now! Latest Update

METUPUK are delighted that NICE has accepted Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan) for routine use on the NHS in England for the treatment of patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic…

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Diagnosis Education

Laura and Nina talk about their MBC diagnosis

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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