After a cupcake sale in their offices during the week, on Saturday 9 September a team of intrepid Bristows staff embarked on a 25km walk along the River Thames from Bristows’ offices at 100 Victoria Embankment, alongside the river and canals, to Canary Wharf. Then they crossed over the river to Greenwich and ended at…
Do you have any go-to healthy and delicious recipes? Dishes that make you feel good? Enter our competition for a chance to share your food and win a Secondary1st t-shirt. Just comment directly on the Secondary1st Facebook competition post with your own recipe of a delicious, healthy food, drink, meal or snack. Terms & conditions…
The newly published results of a study conducted by scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators show that metastatic breast cancer cells leave the primary tumour at late stages of disease development. Most of the research into breast cancer has focused on primary breast cancer and there is still little understanding of…
“My advice for friends and family is just to be there” Kim is 33 years old, married and has two boys aged 3 and 5. Kim was originally diagnosed with primary triple negative breast cancer in October 2014 when she was 30 years old and her youngest son was just 6 months old. She was…
“I just feel very lucky” Clare is in her fabulous fifties, she is married to her second husband Rob and together they have 3 teenage sons. Tragically, Clare’s first husband Andy died suddenly and unexpectedly at a very young age just 8 weeks after they got married, before they had even got the wedding photos…
Our wonderful supporter has knitted many more beautiful hedgehogs to sell, while living with secondary breast cancer. She has now raised an awesome total of £750 for Secondary1st.
The Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies, has called in her annual report for every cancer patient to have genetic testing. This would lead to personalised treatments being designed for each individual patient. The 100,000 Genome Project has shown the importance of genetic testing in the development of personalised and therefore more effective treatments; genomics…
Secondary1st took part in the inaugural meeting of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Tissue Bank Advisory Group at Barts Cancer Institute. Professor Louise Jones, a Secondary1st Medical Patron and Professor of Breast Pathology at Barts Cancer Institute, explained the urgent need for tissue samples from secondary breast cancer tumours to enable researchers to study the spread…
A total of twenty-seven supporters took part in the Maccabi Fun Run at Allianz Park, running or walking either five kilometres or one kilometre in perfect weather. There was a Family Fun Zone with a bouncy castle and activities for the children, a Health and Wellbeing Hub and a very popular Food Court as well…
The Pink Petal Club, run by specialist breast care nurse Alina to provide support and a chance to meet socially, held a spectacular Fashion Gala at Elstree Cancer Centre by courtesy of Spire Bushey Hospital. The members of the club, all breast cancer patients, modelled occasion wear lent for the evening by Ariella at Brent…
Author Vanessa Lafaye, originally from Florida, has written two hit novels while going through treatment for secondary breast cancer. She was first diagnosed in 2009 and went through treatment. Then she was offered a contract for her novel “Summertime” but three months later the cancer came back. She had more treatment and her book was…
Twelve more of Laura’s friends ran in the Belfast marathon to raise money in her memory for Secondary1st. It was a truly remarkable tribute from all the walkers and runners