Against Breast Cancer is a charity dedicated to funding pioneering research to improve detection, treatment and increase survival after breast cancer diagnosis. With 1 in 7 women developing breast cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. It doesn’t just affect women though – around 400 men a year are also diagnosed with breast cancer. Improvements in diagnostic tools and treatment has extended the lives of many patients, however secondary spread breast cancer still claims the lives of nearly 12,000 people a year in the UK (that’s around 1000 people a month!). Secondary spread breast cancer (called metastases) occurs when cancer cells break off from the original tumour and travel around the body to establish new tumours. These can arise in other places in the body, such as the lungs, bone, liver and brain, sometimes years after the primary tumour has been treated. The focus of our research is preventing secondary spread, which is the main cause of breast cancer related deaths. By working with expert scientists located in world class universities throughout the UK, our ultimate goal is to stop secondary breast cancer from claiming lives, and our unique approach is to do this by focusing our research on prevention, detection and therapies. Prevention - To understand how diet and lifestyle may increase or reduce the risk of secondary breast cancer developing, to provide evidence-based advice Detection - Designing better tools for the earlier detection and diagnosis of secondary breast cancer Therapies - How the body’s immune system can be harnessed for more effective treatments and ultimately a vaccine against breast cancer.
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Very proud to see that Professor Max Crispin has been included in the highly cited list this year. We are so grateful for the fantastic researchers who work tirelessly towards improving prevention, detection and therapies for secondary spread breast cancer.
We’re proud to celebrate our academics who have been recognised among the world’s most influential researchers on the Clarivate 2024 Highly Cited list! 🎉 #WeAreUoS #HighlyCitedResearchers
Game changing breakthrough 🔬 Using clinical information from 20,000 cancer patients, our research scientists have developed an early cancer detection test with 99% accuracy. miONCO outperforms similar tests and has the ability to detect 11 other most common forms of cancer including Prostate, Ovarian and Pancreatic cancer at early stages. You can read all about this exciting new test that is making national headlines here: https://lnkd.in/e-QKAYHA
A huge thank you to all our supporters over the years who have directly contributed to the funding of this research. Your support has real impact.
A revolutionary new blood test that aims to detect 12 cancers at an early stage is being developed by our amazing scientists. The miONCO test uses just a few drops of blood. Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gr5QPPh9
When you #tickthebox we can claim an extra 25p for every £1 you donate, making the impact of your generosity go further towards our aim of a future free from breast cancer. So, on this #giftaidawarenessday we are joining Charity Finance Group to say #thankyou for ticking the box!
Here's a few snaps from our recent Research Conference held at Oriel College, Oxford University. You can read the news story here: https://lnkd.in/edh7rVqX
We are so proud and grateful for our community of researchers, supporters, staff and volunteers. Bringing together such a diverse group of fantastic minds from experts by experience, researchers, students, psychologists and medical professionals is so important in order to achieve our collective goals towards a future free from breast cancer.
A fabulous day at Oriel College for the first ever ABC Research Conference. A superb job from Mark, Bryony, Bernard and everyone else involved in organising, and all those who gave talks or took part in the panel. It you came, thank you very much.
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My first Against Breast Cancer Research Conference in Oxford today. I learned so much about the BigC thanks to the amazing presenters and panelists. But most of all I loved the ABC community spirit that brought together doctors, researchers, trustees, volunteers, supporters and experts by experience. As Dr Anthony Leathem reminded us this morning, forward with hope, determination and compassion in the battle against #breastcancer! Returning to University of Sussex Business School to explore what marketing’s got to do with the patient experience. Spoiler alert: a lot! #research #livedexperience #meaningfulwork #Oxford
The conference is well under way. We are really enjoying all the presentations and hearing your questions. You can join online using this link: https://bit.ly/3VtKX3h