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
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
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
Clinical trials are essential for testing new treatments for metastatic breast cancer. For patients, they represent hope – the chance to get access to a new potential treatment before it
I contacted METUPUK when I was diagnosed as a primary patient in 2018. Even though my mum died of secondary breast cancer in 2015 I had no real understanding of the metastatic disease and the challenges patients face getting access to the treatment they need.
Scientific research is vital for the development of new and improved treatments for secondary breast cancer. But what’s it like to be a scientist working in this area? Dr Hannah Harrison received her PhD in breast cancer research from the University of Manchester in 2009 and has since worked as a breast cancer research scientist in the Manchester Cancer Research Centre. Here, Hannah tells us about her work.
At METUPUK, we campaign for new and better therapies for patients with secondary breast cancer. One of our recent campaigns, #TrodelvyNow helped to make a new type of drug, Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan) available for SBC patients in the UK. Scientist and METUPUK volunteer, Helen, explains how Trodelvy works and why it’s important that more drugs like this get to patients urgently.
A new article from the OWise app kicks off with a quote from METUPUK: Today’s research is tomorrow’s treatment The OWise App gives an extensive overview of what is involved
What’s your postcode and what does that say about you? If I asked a healthy person about the importance of their postcode I suspect they’d tell me about local schools,
We attach an email complaint from METUP UK to CRUK (we have received a response this week – see below after the complaint) We are a patient-led advocacy group, lobbying
