Where your £ goes
Against Breast Cancer funds groundbreaking research by our team of expert clinical scientists at University College London (UCL). They use our exceptional collection of breast tissue and patient samples to identify markers that can detect the re-appearance of breast cancer in women already treated for the disease.
Our national Diet and Lifestyle Study of breast cancer survivors (DietCompLyf) involves 3,000 women in 54 hospitals across the UK and is the largest study of its kind in the world.
We receive no government funding, and are entirely reliant on the generosity of individuals and organisations to fund this unique and pioneering research aimed at increasing survival after diagnosis and ultimately discovering a vaccine against breast cancer.
What your donation buys;
- £5 could pay for blood and urine collection kits for one woman throughout her 5-year participation in our DietCompLyf Study.
- £10 buys the chemical compounds needed to carry out laboratory experiments for one day.
- £15 would buy around 450 glass slides for studying cells and tumour samples in detail under the microscope. Our scientists need to study breast cancer cells in intricate detail - this helps them understand how the disease develops and spreads and how they can stop this happening with new treatments.
- £20 could equip a one of our research scientists with a lab coat and a pair of safety goggles. These essential items help protect against harmful chemicals and prevent contamination of crucial experiments.
- £60 could buy around 500 plastic petri dishes which are an essential resource for scientists who are working hard to understand cancer.
- £150 could pay for three pairs of cryogenic gloves, worn when retrieving very cold cell and tissue samples from a minus 80ºC freezer or a liquid nitrogen storage tank. Our scientists need to be able to store these precious samples for long periods of time during their research projects.
- £260 could buy a sophisticated microarray (a powerful piece of gene technology) to help scientists scrutinise thousands of genes in a single experiment. This technology is being used to pinpoint new genes linked to breast cancer - crucial information that could help identify women who are most at risk of the disease in future.
- £350 is the cost of each individual chip for our GlycoStation which examines the tissue samples. This year our scientists will have data to analyse because of your generosity. Their findings will shape the next stage of research
- £1,500 helps recruit 50 patients onto our DietCompLyf Study for the first year
- £5,000 buys one set of questionnaires, kits and nurse training for the D&L Study
- £7,500 allows us to begin the development of a new blood test to detect sugars in blood proteins
- £30,000 pays for one year's laboratory space at the Institute of Women's Health
- £60,000 will help us to fund the phytoestrogen analysis for at least one year of a five-year study reaching 1,000 breast cancer patients in the UK
Over the next three years, Against Breast Cancer needs to raise £3.3m to maintain current research levels. Your support is needed so our researchers can continue to build on the progress they've made into halting the spread of breast cancer and ultimately finding a vaccine.
