Breast Cancer Care

About Breast Cancer Care

Tuesday, 02, Dec 2008 04:56


Breast Cancer Care is the UK's leading provider of information, practical assistance and emotional support for anyone affected by breast cancer.

Every year we reach over 1,000,000 people with breast cancer or breast health concerns. All our services are free and include a helpline, website, publications, and practical and emotional support.

Trained and experiences nurses and volunteers answer thousands of confidential calls to our free helpline each year on all aspects of breast cancer.

Our health promotion programmes give women the skills and confidence to live well after a breast cancer diagnosis.

Every year we distribute more than half a million booklets and leaflets giving accurate and accessible information about breast cancer and breast health.

Throughout the UK we put women in touch with volunteers who have had personal experience of breast cancer and are specially trained to offer support.

Our fully interactive website allows anyone to access out information and services online.

If you have any breast cancer or breast health concerns, call the Breast Cancer Care helpline on 0808 800 6000 (textphone 0808 800 6001) or visit

www.breastcancercare.org.uk

Latest Press Releases

Breast Cancer Care: Comment on the government’s announcements surrounding top up payments

Continued uncertainty on the legality of ‘top-ups’ has caused untold anxiety for breast cancer patients, so today’s announcement that those paying for drugs will not lose access to NHS care will bring relief to many.

Breast Cancer Care: Staggering gap in support for advanced breast cancer patients

Thousands of people with advanced breast cancer are suffering appalling gaps in essential support and care which is routinely offered to patients with primary breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Care: English breast cancer patients missing out on vital emotional support

The majority of breast cancer patients in England are routinely failing to receive essential psychological and emotional support despite government calls for, and NICE guidance on, the provision of such care, it is revealed today.

Breast Cancer Care: Comment on research published in the New England Journal of Science

Comment on research published in the New England Journal of Science, from Cancer Research UK which claims that a single mammogram reader using Computer Aided Detection (CAD) can be as effective as the two readers traditionally used in the UK.