Breast cancer patients denied life-extending drug by NICE

A cancer drug which received standing ovation from the Global Medical Community is being withheld from NHS breast cancer patients.   METUPUK are devastated by NICE decision not to  recommend the drug

Emma Lawrence (née Fisher)

Emma Lawrence (née Fisher) 21.01.81 – 13.07.24 Everyone at METUPUK is incredibly saddened to hear that Emma Lawrence (née Fisher) has died at the age of 43. Emma was diagnosed

The Economist – Pioneering person-centred breast cancer care – Madeleine Meynell

At the End of May 2024 Madeleine attended an event at the offices of the Economist on Pioneering person-centred breast cancer care.  This event was part of a wider project looking at

Metastatic May – a Primary Patient by Jane Cooke

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.   

#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),

NICE invites comments from the public on the draft guidance to not recommend the parp inhibitor talazoparib

METUPUK are disappointed by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) decision to not recommend talazoparib (Talzenna ®, Pfizer Ltd.) for treating HER2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with