Articles filed under Patient Advocacy.
When people talk about fighting cancer, they often speak in terms of courage, strength, and resilience. But one word I wish we talked about more—especially in the beginning—is self-advocacy. Because…
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I watched with interest the phenomenal feat by Lucy Gossage founder of 5K Your Way (Move Against Cancer podcast) and winner of the 2025 Spine Race which is an ultra endurance run from Edale,…
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The week of 4-8 November 2024 is set aside to celebrate the work of nearly 1 million trustees volunteering for charities across the UK. Trustees are individuals responsible for the governance of a…
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I was diagnosed with primary breast cancer in 2015, and it all felt like a terrible mistake. I was 43, in my final year of an optometry degree and already had a job lined up to go to after I…
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Be confident that you know your body: I am a 51-year-old NHS nurse and 18 months ago was told that I had metastatic breast cancer spreading to my spine, lungs, hip and breastbone amongst other…
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Standing by her side Life has a way of throwing curveballs when you least expect it. For us, it came in the form of three words that changed everything: “You have cancer.” Hearing those words…
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As many of you know, our beautiful Welsh dragon, Tassia Haines sadly died in March 2024. Tass touched thousands of lives across the globe, with her informed, honest, humbling, passionate and…
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Easter 2017, I went for a mammogram as my GP had referred me by the 2-week rule to have investigation work on a fatty mass I had felt. This was like a small, cooked chicken fillet with a dimple…
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We are very much minding the gap! Breast Cancer is the most diagnosed of ALL cancers worldwide. In the United Kingdom, Metastatic Breast Cancer is the biggest killer of working age women aged 35 –64…
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Delivering Advancements Through Action Imagine a metastatic (secondary) breast cancer community within the UK where everybody within it who has ever heard the words, ‘it’s incurable’, is counted and…
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Kat wrote this blog for Metastatic May but we feel it should be shared again for Breast Cancer Awareness Month as data is a major problem and something that really needs to be addressed. Just shy of…
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Clinical trials are essential for testing new treatments for metastatic breast cancer (MBC). For patients, they represent hope – the chance to get access to a new potential treatment before it is…
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