Dr Pors and his team at the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics at the University of Bradford received a grant from Secondary1st in October 2019, but the lab was closed for a large part of 2020. To mark World Cancer Day on February 4th he tweeted “We are developing tumour-targeted prodrugs & training the next generation…
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NHS England has announced that it is rolling out a new blood test which aims to detect whether some cancer patients are genetically prone to experience more serious effects from some chemotherapy treatments. These treatments can then be tailored more closely to the patients’ genetic makeup and so avoid the most serious side effects. Drugs…
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Sharon was 45 when she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. She was immediately booked in for a single mastectomy, followed by a course of chemo sessions and radiotherapy. On the day of her surgery when she came round from the general anaesthetic, the first thing she asked for was her lip gloss and…
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Thanks to our wonderful Donors and Fundraisers Secondary1st has been able to make a second grant of £65,000 to the research project led by Dr Seth Coffelt at the Beatson Institute at the University of Glasgow. Dr Coffelt and his team are investigating the role of a type of immune cell called gamma delta T…
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Kelly got together with her friend Danielle, who runs a cake business, to raise money for Secondary1st during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. They are holding a cake raffle with tickets available until the end of October. The prize, a delicious professionally produced cake with a design to be chosen by the winner, will be awarded…
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The Gourmet Pie Company in Singapore are baking pink pies and holding special pie tasting parties to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. They will donate a percentage of their sales to Secondary1st, but please note that the pies are only available in Singapore.
In these unusual times more and more people are turning to online shopping. Amazon Smile has the same range of products and costs no more to use than the original Amazon site, but it donates a percentage of the money it receives to charities, so it is an easy way to help Secondary1st .
Tuesday 13th October is officially Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day. But for us every day is secondary breast cancer awareness day. We always aim to put secondary breast cancer first, at the top of our list. We want more people to know about secondary breast cancer. And we want them to help raise the money…
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Poppy was born and brought up in Cornwall. She was a talented actress and went to train at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After some early success she returned to Cornwall to begin a new career as a business woman, then got married and had two children. However she was diagnosed with secondary breast…
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7 year-old Ruby wanted to raise money for Secondary1st in honour of her Auntie Charlie. So she set up a stall selling homemade lemonade at 50p a cup…. and raised a fantastic £100.
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Angela had decided to take part in the 2.6 Challenge which started on 26th April, the date planned for the London Marathon, to raise money for Secondary1st. She had been treated for breast cancer in 2009 and then diagnosed with secondary breast cancer at the end of 2019. She found her old cross-trainer and was…
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Angela had been treated for breast cancer in 2007 but was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer at the end of 2019. She wanted to raise money for research into the disease and decided to take part in the 2.6 challenge for Secondary1st. She dug out her old cross-trainer and found that she could manage a…
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