Our news pages include items about our research, media appearances, updates on our fundraising and Splash of Pink events, blogs and an archive.
Against Breast Cancer’s annual community fundraising event Splash of Pink returned to Abingdon marketplace for 2024 on Saturday 20th July. The town turned pink for the day as local businesses dressed their windows in support of ABC and breast cancer awareness. Various stalls and entertainment joined live acts in the town square. The event was …
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In June the historic Oriel College in Oxford served as an elegant and inspiring backdrop for the first ABC Research Conference. Our aim was to bring together researchers, supporters and experts by experience to learn and collaborate on the latest developments within metastatic breast cancer research towards prevention, earlier detection and improved therapies. After messages …
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On Sunday 23rd June 2024 our amazing Sports Ambassador Karen Arney and her good friend Francesca hosted the second ever Well Wellow 10K. The weather was perfect and the setting idyllic as nearly 80 runners took to the various trails of rural West Hampshire. Karen was delighted with the way the community once again came …
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On Sunday 12th May 2024 over 160 walkers descended on Hursley for Breast Walk Ever Hampshire. Supporters could choose from a marathon, half marathon or 10KM walk, all starting and finishing at the IBM Sports & Social Club in Hursley near Winchester. Walkers enjoyed an unseasonably warm day with just under 100 opting for the …
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Research from Dr Oliver Pearce, Dr Priyanka Hirani and their team at Barts Cancer Institute, have discovered that different forms of a protein called Versican can either block, or support, the entry of cancer-killing immune cells into tumours in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). TNBC is one of the most challenging types of breast cancer to …
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