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18December

Pink Petal Club Carol Concert

December 18, 2017
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Alina organised a fantastic carol concert for the ladies of the Pink Petal Club at Elstree Cancer Centre. Everyone there also enjoyed wonderful mince pies and home-made pastries and contributed to a collection in aid

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06December

Meet Michaela, Our Secondary1st Researcher

December 06, 2017
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Dr Michaela Lesjak is our Secondary1st Researcher, working in Dr Claire Wells’ lab at King’s College London. Funded by a Secondary1st grant, Dr Lesjak will investigate how breast cancer cells break away from the primary

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01December

Charlie’s Story

December 01, 2017
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"I would say to anyone else in my position, that we might be incurable but we’re still important. Take time for yourself” Charlie is 39 years old and lives in Camberwell, South East London. She is

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20November

NICE approves two new drugs

November 20, 2017
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NICE (The National Institute For Health and Care Excellence) has announced that two new breast cancer drugs, palbociclib (Ibrance) and ribociclib (Kisqali), are to be made available to NHS patients in England. These have been

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06November

Another Night of Fun in Glasgow

November 06, 2017
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After their fantastic fun night last year, Andrea’s family and friends held an amazing Halloween party in her memory to raise funds for Secondary1st. Everyone there enjoyed a great night, and they raised over £1200

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27October

Wearing pink to school

October 27, 2017
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An entire school wore pink one day this month to raise funds for Secondary1st at the request of one of the mothers who is a secondary breast cancer patient. They also did face painting and

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26October

Author Vanessa Lafaye talks of her determination to live life to the full while dying.

October 26, 2017
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Vanessa has written two hit novels and is now working on her third book. She has secondary breast cancer which has spread to her brain, liver and lung. In an article in the Daily Mail

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22October

Lausanne Marathon

October 22, 2017
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Sisters Imogen and Fran ran the Lausanne Marathon and managed to finish together in the amazing time of 3:38:51. They wanted to raise money for research into better treatments for secondary breast cancer in memory

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19October

Coffee Morning

October 19, 2017
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Sylvia organised a coffee morning to raise funds for Secondary1st in memory of a good friend who had died from secondary breast cancer. 38 people came and enjoyed the morning; they raised more than £400

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09October

Peter Capaldi, our patron, presents a cheque for £75,000

October 09, 2017
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On October 9th Peter Capaldi, star of “Doctor Who” and Patron of Secondary1st presented a cheque for £75,000 to help fund pioneering research into secondary breast cancer. Professor Andrew Tutt of King’s College and the Institute

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