Prevention

How diet and lifestyle may increase or reduce the risk of secondary breast cancer developing to provide sound, evidence-based advice relevant to a UK population.

Research projects that are associated with our research theme of Prevention are shown below:

ABC Discover
Prof Paul Skipp, University of Southampton

Professor Paul Skipp aims to identify molecular biomarkers and diet and lifestyle factors that are associated with risk of secondary breast cancer. Read more

Therapeutic Antibody Programme
Prof Max Crispin, University of Southampton

Against Breast Cancer’s first long-term programme grant will support innovative research in the development of antibody therapies for secondary breast cancer. Read more

Therapeutic Targeting of Dormant Breast Cancer Cells
Prof Ingunn Holen, University of Sheffield 

Prof Ingunn Holen aims to understand how breast cancer cells survive chemotherapy treatment by entering a dormant state and whether these dormant cells regrow to become secondary tumours. Read more

Preventing Metastatic Disease by Targeting Cells that Survive Chemotherapy
Prof Ingunn Holen and Dr Lewis Quayle, University of Sheffield 

Prof Ingunn Holen and Dr Lewis Quayle aim to further understand how breast cancer cells survive chemotherapy treatment by entering a dormant state and hope to target them in order to prevent secondary tumour regrowth. Read more

DietCompLyf Study
Dr Miriam Dwek, University of Westminster, London 

ABC’s first funded clinical study initiated by our founder Dr. Anthony Leathem and lead by Dr. Miriam Dwek aimed to identify diet and lifestyle factors that affect the risk of breast cancer recurrence in patients. Read more