I was diagnosed with primary breast cancer in 2015, and it all felt like a terrible mistake. I was 43, in my final year of an optometry degree and already
Why I volunteer with METUPUK…
Treatement lines and herceptin for HER2+ metastatic breast cancer
Any patient with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) will be familiar with the concept of ‘treatment lines’. Unlike primary breast cancer, where you undergo chemotherapy for a fixed time period, after
Asha died in March 2024. She wrote this blog, explaining the problems that she experienced trying to access a drug…
Asha died in March 2024. She wrote this blog, explaining the problems that she experienced trying to access a drug that she was ineligible for, because she fell outside of the treatment
I think I’m officially a long-term metastatic breast cancer survivor…
What price survival? I think I’m officially a long-term metastatic breast cancer survivor. I mean I have just passed five years since diagnosis and when I looked up the average
Response to @MattHancock re ‘fast-tracking transformative treatments’
METUPUK are looking for ACTION not just words on this new initiative that was released last week by Matt Hancock the Health Secretary. I’m delighted the UK will be teaming
Herceptin report re access to 3rd and subsequent line of therapy problem with drug access
10th July 2020 Hi Debbie, Trying to condense the points from the June email with attachments I sent you. Going forward what we would like now is – for you