The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) have decided against funding the metastatic breast cancer drug alpelisib (Piqray).
Piqray (Alpelisib) denied by Scottish Medicines Consortium
Philippa Hetherington Remembered
We had to confirm back on the 5th November the heartbreaking news that the wonderful Philippa Hetherington had died 💔
She was an absolute force of intellectual nature for breast cancer in general, not just Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
Did you know that the Trodelvy campaign in England for TNBC was HER campaign?
Pembrolizumab approved by the SMC – Scottish Medicines Consortium
METUPUK welcomes the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) decision to accept pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck Sharp and Dohme) plus chemotherapy (paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel) for use on the NHS in Scotland. Pembrolizumab is
Aren’t you a bit young to have a pacemaker
Stage 4 breast cancer with a pacemaker
Most people know someone with a pacemaker, and chances are that person will be elderly. The average age of a first pacemaker implantation in the UK is 72, but pacemakers are actually fitted in people of all ages from newborn babies to the very elderly. I was 39 when I had mine, which was needed as a complication after heart surgery to replace my aortic valve and root.
‘The lingering mysteries of metastatic recurrence in breast cancer’ in @BrJCancer
Abstract: Despite being the hallmark of cancer that is responsible for the highest number of deaths, very little is known about the biology of metastasis. Metastatic disease typically manifests after
Why is Awareness of SBC important? By Fiona Macrae of @InsuranceWith
I received an email from Fiona who is the creator of InsuranceWith and it again highlights why it is so important to be aware of secondary breast cancer. She has
Upcoming Online Event: ECPC Virtual Metastatic Breast Cancer Roundtable
Some of our team are planning on attending this (free) event (later this week), run by the European Cancer Patient Coalition. Moderated by Dr. Fatima Cardoso, President of the ABC
Press Release: METUPUK launches #IAmThe31 Campaign to Highlight Secondary Breast Cancer Day #BCAM
13th October is officially Secondary Breast Cancer day – the only day in Breast Cancer Awareness Month that officially recognises secondary (metastatic) breast cancer (download as PDF). And so, this
What’s in a name? Metastatic? Secondary? Advanced? Cancer #IAmThe31
The terminology around cancer can be confusing, and no more so than for Stage IV cancer. The terms ‘secondary’, ‘advanced’ and ‘metastatic’ seem to be used fairly interchangeably, along with
#IAmThe31 Campaign
#IAmThe31 31 women die every day in the UK is our reality. This campaign is for October Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 31 days in October, 31 deaths every day, by