I was diagnosed with hormone positive primary breast cancer in February 2022. I had a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and am now on 10 years of reduce risking hormone repressing therapy.
What Not to Say – Mean Well (Stupid Things People Say) – Rebecca Brown
Could the next big drug for metastatic breast cancer patients be physical activity?
I have always participated in some kind of form of physical activity. I was a gymnast when I was young, loved the fact I could walk on my hands, do
#FightingMBCplatitudes – Uncovering insensitive platitudes: a survey of people with metastatic breast cancer (MBC)
Last Autumn, Jo Taylor founder of After Breast Cancer Diagnosis and METUPUK and Eva Schumacher from Mamma Mia, an online German cancer magazine, (Eva is a patient living with MBC),
METUPUK at the UK Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium
METUPUK (Metastatic Exchange To Unleash Power) attended the 2024 United Kingdom’s Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium in Birmingham, hosted by Breast Cancer Now and supported by numerous partners. It was a
NICE Methodology Roundtable Discussion
In November 2023 METUPUK trustee Madeleine Meynell was a panel member at the event Optimising NICE outcomes: Policy roundtable on the evolution of NICE methodology and how patient organisations can
Mindfulness and Metastatic Breast Cancer at Christmas
Living with an incurable form of cancer presents lots of physical, emotional and mental challenges not least of which are the expectations and pressures associated with annual celebrations and milestones;
Dear Beth…
Hi Beth, it’s Kat here, We never met but your name is talked about so often. Whether it be an amazing thing you did, a funny story, your intellect on
Kit Dzeryn
Sadly our Kit @Diamondtrees11 died on Monday 7th May. Her husband Phillip contacted us with the tragic news. We didn’t meet Kit but she was an integral part of METUPUK
Meet Gita, a Therapeutic Radiographer
Hi. My name is Gita and I have been a Therapeutic Radiographer for nearly 30 years. I’d like to share my professional and personal experiences of treating both primary and secondary breast cancer.