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
METUPUK update
METUPUK members have done amazing things in the last two years and continue to do so. Here is an update on the last two months: Founder Jo Taylor was due
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),
Tassia Haines
We are heartbroken to share the news that Tassia Haines has died. A member of METUPUK and our Executive Lead for Wales, Tass had been a significant campaigner for 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NICE invites comments from the public on the draft guidance to not recommend the parp inhibitor talazoparib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
Emma Saville
We met Emma as she applied to be one of the METUPUK Darker Side of Pink ladies with our campaign that started in 2021 which focused on metastatic breast cancer,
Bren Craggs – IN NAM Graduate Desert Challenge 2023
Back in the summer of 2022, our daughter’s partner, Bren, talked to me about the IN NAM Graduate Desert challenge that he had signed up to. When he explained what