PINKSCIENCE BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN MAGAZINE / SUMMER 2013
TICKLED PINK
With your help, Asda has raised £30 million for breast cancer charities
BOOBS AND BRASS
Meet the ladies blowing their own trumpets (and raising funds) for Breast Cancer Campaign
YOU CAN BANK ON US
Our Tissue Bank patient advocates on how you might hold the key to curing breast cancer
FANTASTIC FUNDRAISING You’ve been busy and we want to say thank you. Turn to our gallery to see if you can spot yourself
The more research we do, the sooner we’ll find a cure HOW PROFESSOR PETER SCHMID’S WORK IS VITAL IN THE FIGHT TO BEAT BREAST CANCER
GET TO KNOW US OUR MISSION
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Everything we do at Breast Cancer Campaign is focused on one thing: beating breast cancer. The charity is bringing its unique community of supporters, scientists and those touched by breast cancer closer through a new way of thinking: Pink Science. It sums up the charity’s pioneering approach to breast cancer research, which identifies and funds the research projects with the greatest potential to save and improve lives – and, ultimately, find a cure for breast cancer.
Today, the charity supports 95 research projects, with combined funding of more than £16 million, in 34 centres of excellence across the UK and Ireland. All our donations come from the fundraising efforts of people like you – thank you. Over the past 16 years, the charity has awarded 386 grants with a total value of £40 million to universities,
medical schools and research institutes. And the figures are rising.
UNDERSTANDING PINK SCIENCE We chose a jigsaw piece as our logo because it symbolises the missing piece of the puzzle that is the cure for breast cancer. Everyone can be part of Pink Science; not just the scientists whose work we fund but also our supporters and, of course, those touched by breast cancer.
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JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP OR FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @BCCAMPAIGN
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Inside this issue 04-09 Notebook Thanks to you, Asda’s Tickled Pink appeal has reached the £30 million mark! We look at some of the vital research projects the money has funded
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WORKING HARD TO FIND A CURE Welcome to the summer issue of Pink Science magazine. Inside, we recognise the fantastic fundraising achievements of our corporate partners and supporters, as well as vital research work and milestones in policy and public affairs. Read about Asda’s phenomenally successful Tickled Pink appeal, which has raised £30 million for breast cancer charities, and our long-term corporate partner Pentel raising over £260,000 for us last year. Dr Richard Grose and Professor Peter Schmid reveal exciting developments in their research. We also find out what’s next for Campaign’s Gap Analysis and how you can get involved. We report on an important meeting with the Prime Minister on our policy pages, and ask you to help us keep the ‘power on’ for breast cancer research. Thank you for your ongoing support. Every effort you make helps us get closer to finding ways of diagnosing, treating and preventing breast cancer more effectively.
Take action and join Campaign’s initiative to help us keep the ‘power on’ breast cancer research. Plus we round up the latest policy news
12-15 Fundraising Meet the all-female brass band Boobs and Brass, and the Campaign staff fundraising for WKH FKDULW\ EH\RQG WKH RI¿FH
16-19 Research Dr Richard Grose and his team on tackling invasive breast cancer. And the Tissue Bank’s patient advocates tell us why tissue donation is so important
20-25 A step closer to a cure Professor Peter Schmid talks to us about how his research could improve existing breast cancer treatments, as we look at how far research has come
26-31 Pink pages Read how our charity partners Travis Perkins and Pentel are doing their bit. Plus, our gallery, Pink Picks and key dates
Baroness Delyth Morgan Chief Executive, Breast Cancer Campaign
PINK SCIENCE is produced by Northstar (thisisnorthstar.com) for Breast Cancer Campaign. Project Editor Emma Barlow Deputy Project Editor Lisa Paul Designer Pippa Hester Group Project Editor Robin Swithinbank Group Art Director Matt Warner Group Production Editor Andy Tidball Production Manager Helen Craig Managing Director Mark Beazleigh. For Breast Cancer Campaign: 0HGLD 5HODWLRQV 2I¿FHU Isabel Monk
N OT E B O OK BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN NEWS FROM AROUND THE UK
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reast Cancer Campaign supporter Zoe Hardman, the glamorous host of dating show Take Me Out: The Gossip, was absolutely thrilled to help Campaign announce Tickled Pink’s £30 million achievement. Zoe took part in a Grease-inspired photoshoot (pictured) last year to promote the 16th year of Tickled Pink. She told us why Tickled Pink is so important. ‘The money raised goes towards vital research. My great aunt died of breast cancer and both my mum and my sister have had scares with lumps, so I wanted to throw my support behind Campaign,’ says Zoe. ‘I am so proud of what Campaign does and to be a part of it is absolutely fantastic. The more aware we are about breast cancer, the more that can be GRQH WR ¿JKW LW ,W¶V SKHQRPHQDO WKDW Tickled Pink has raised so much.’
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How you helped raise £30 million...
Breast Cancer Campaign is Tickled Pink with the success of Asda’s fundraising campaign
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sda launched its Tickled Pink campaign in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign and Breast Cancer Care in 1996 – and we’re delighted to report that the total raised by Tickled Pink has now passed the £30 million mark. Over the last 16 years, the support from everybody involved in Tickled Pink has been staggering and, most importantly, the incredible amount of funds raised have brought us even closer to beating breast cancer. Last year, as always, there was no shortage of inventive ways that Asda staff and customers did their bit for Tickled Pink. From bike rides to bingo, they got involved in raising vast amounts of money, with the portion Campaign received going towards funding our search for a breast cancer cure. There were plenty of pink products in Asda stores, too. George at Asda launched a dedicated clothing range, including T-shirts and shoes, and fashion designer Julien Macdonald created a limitededition bag – all in support of Tickled Pink. To date, Asda’s Tickled Pink campaign has helped millions of people across the UK affected by breast cancer, including funding innovative Campaign
research projects and helping FUHDWH WKH 8.¶V ¿UVW QDWLRQDO breast cancer tissue bank – an invaluable resource for scientists studying the disease.
GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT Going to see pop stars like The Saturdays at Asda’s concert
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SOME EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORTER STORIES: Jim’s story Jim Viggars has worked at Asda for over 28 years and has helped to raise well over £5 million by completing gruelling physical challenges. One of these was setting a new fantastic Guinness World Record for kayaking across Loch Ness in MXVW ¿YH KRXUV DQG PLQXWHV with his team. Linda’s story The Tickled Pink charities are extremely close to Linda Anderson’s heart. After losing her mum to breast cancer, Linda was diagnosed with the disease herself in 2007. She underwent a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy but still found the strength to show incredible support by raising vital funds.
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LOTS OF FUN IN-STORE Getting involved in all kinds of fundraising activities in Asda stores
PRETTY IN PINK Buying Tickled Pink products like George at Asda and McVitie’s
PINK BINGO Taking part in Asda’s Tickled Pink Bingo
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DETECTING BREAST CANCER RISK Dr James Flanagan, Breast Cancer Campaign Fellow at Imperial College London, has discovered how changes in a SHUVRQ¶V '1$ FDQ LQÀXHQFH their risk of developing breast cancer, many years in advance. This research will now be used by doctors and scientists to develop a blood test which will identify those at the highest risk of developing breast cancer.
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AND THAT’S NOT ALL... Tickled Pink has funded scientists like Dr Stewart Martin at The University of Nottingham, who has found crucial information about triple negative and basallike breast cancer, and Dr Fiona Kennedy, who has helped improve understanding of DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ).
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‘YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE SAVED MANY LIVES’ Judith McKenna, Executive Vice-President of Asda’s parent company Walmart, on why she’s proud to be a Tickled Pink ambassador Tickled Pink week is always a highlight with some madcap and highly inventive activities to raise money. On a personal level, I took my 17-year-old daughter to the Leeds Tissue Bank where we PHW WKH WHDP DQG VDZ ¿UVW KDQG why their work is so important. It made me appreciate every penny ZH UDLVH FDQ PDNH D GLIIHUHQFH í not just today but in the future.
Why is Asda so committed to supporting Campaign through Tickled Pink?
What’s the strangest thing a colleague has done to raise money for Tickled Pink?
The phrase ‘because everyone knows someone’ is at the heart of what Asda does. Whether it’s the mums who shop in the stores or the colleagues who work there, we all know someone who has been affected by breast cancer. Fighting this disease is something Asda is passionate about, and Tickled Pink allows customers and colleagues to raise money for the cause.
Asda colleagues are never short of ideas – it amazes me how inventive they are, and what they’re willing to do! Marianne Dixon from the Workington store shaved all her hair off for Tickled Pink, and colleagues at the Edmonton Green store held a Michael Jackson dance-off.
Why is it important for you to be personally involved? The great thing about being part of a business like Asda is the chance to make a real difference. It’s incredibly sad to hear stories from friends, family, colleagues and customers about how breast cancer has touched their lives. There are too many of them. If my role means I can do VRPHWKLQJ WR KHOS WKH ¿JKW against it, then I’ll do it.
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What would you like to say Tickled Pink supporters? More than anything, I’d like to thank every single customer and colleague who has done their bit to support this campaign over the past 16 years. Your contributions have saved lives and it makes me so proud to be associated with such great people. If, like me, it shocks you to hear stories of women (and men) in your life being touched by this disease, then please keep supporting Tickled Pink to make a difference.
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s far as races go, they don’t get much tougher than the Major Series. But your biggest challenge while crawling through tunnels, jumping off logs and wading through lakes will be keeping a straight face. Designed by British Military Fitness, these 5km and 10km cross-country obstacle courses are demanding, but also a lot of fun. And even if you don’t enter as a team, there are plenty of Military Instructors to help pull you out of the mud!
Natalie Watkins (pictured above, and right) has competed in the Major Series twice with The Breasty Dumplings, a group of runners raising funds in honour of their friend Kirste Bowman, who died of breast cancer last year aged just 42. ‘Kirste would have loved it, and her memory keeps us going when we’re up to our waists in freezing water and mud!’ says Natalie. ‘It’s a challenge like no other DQG ZHÂśOO GHÂżQLWHO\ EH FRPSHWLQJ
again this year.’ There are three Major Series events taking place across the UK this autumn in West Yorkshire, Warwickshire and Kent (see our diary on page 31 for details). $V &DPSDLJQ LV WKH RI¿FLDO FKDULW\ SDUWQHU VXSSRUWHUV ZLOO UHFHLYH D VSHFLDO GLVFRXQW ZKHQ WKH\ UHJLVWHU GXULQJ -XO\ Just visit majorseries.com and use the code BCC2013 to sign up for the 5km course for the discounted price of £26, and £31 for the 10km course. See you there!
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Yes, you’ve got the power We need your help to keep the ‘power on’ for life-saving breast cancer research
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e’re calling on all our supporters to make sure the Government maintains and improves two essential Government schemes – the Charity Research Support Fund and the Gift Aid scheme – ahead of its Comprehensive Spending Review, which is being published this month. The Charity Research Support Fund, set up by the Government in 2006, is designed to cover the additional costs of research not met by charity funding, such as heating, lighting, powering of laboratories, and other indirect costs of research. Losing it would be the equivalent of Breast Cancer Campaign cutting around a quarter of its £5 million annual research spend, overnight. We also want the Government to improve access to Gift Aid from small donations made in the workplace, as currently we lose out on hundreds of thousands of pounds each year due to red tape.
2XU Ă€DJVKLS IXQGUDLVHU wear it pink, raises almost ÂŁ2 million a year from small donations made in the workplace – but we estimate that we only receive around 10 per cent of what we should be able to claim in Gift Aid TELL THE GOVERNMENT THA T YOU CARE from this event. DEEPLY ABOUT BREAST CANCER We’re calling for RESEARCH AND ASK THEM NOT TO CUT a simple change in Gift THE CHARITY RESEARCH SUP PORT FUND. Aid legislation so that charities would no longer need declarations from Breast Cancer Campaign and those each individual taking part in affected by breast cancer. a workplace fundraising event ‘There will be tricky decisions but could instead accept a to make when the Government declaration from one individual reviews its spending, but we must at a participating workplace. keep the ‘power on’ research so we Mia Rosenblatt, Head of Policy don’t slow progress in discovering and Campaigns for Breast Cancer routes to quicker diagnosis, new Campaign, says: ‘The Charity improved treatments and ways Research Support Fund and Gift to stop breast cancer and other Aid schemes are, quite literally, diseases recurring and spreading. huge lifelines for charities like And that’s where you come in‌’
BE PART OF THE CURE To take action and help keep the ‘power on’ for life-saving research, visit breastcancercampaign.org/poweron ÂżOO LQ \RXU DGGUHVV DQG ZHÂśOO PDNH LW easy for you to contact your local Member of Parliament and Chair of the Treasury Select Committee, to highlight the importance of these schemes.
CASE STUDY: Carly Gibson ‘I’ve gone through so much and know how important research is in helping women like me, faced with the same news. Research gives hope for my daughter and for future generations, so I’ll be using my power for all these women by taking action for Breast Cancer Campaign and encouraging others to do the same.’ Campaign supporter Carly was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, when she was just 29 years old and that’s why she’s asking the Government to keep the ‘power on’ for breast cancer research. BREASTCANCERCAMPAIGN.ORG
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KEEPING SECONDARY BREAST CANCER ON THE HEALTH AGENDA Baroness Morgan meets PM to discuss areas where patient care could be improved
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t the start of 2013, Campaign’s Chief Executive, Baroness Delyth Morgan, met with PM David Cameron to discuss issues affecting older women and women with secondary breast cancer. They were joined by the co-chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer (APPGBC) and representatives from Breast Cancer Care and Breakthrough Breast Cancer charities. There is currently no cure for women living with secondary breast cancer, and the support they receive is RIWHQ LQDGHTXDWH WR PHHW WKHLU VSHFL¿F QHHGV )RU WKLV UHDVRQ the group highlighted the importance of all women with secondary breast cancer having access to a Clinical Nurse Specialist. They also stressed that treatment should be assessed by a multi-disciplinary team of specialists who can look at every aspect of patient care. The needs of older women were also raised during the meeting. One third of all breast cancers are diagnosed in women over 70, yet the link between breast cancer and age is still not understood by the majority of women and many women receive inadequate treatment because of their age. )ROORZLQJ WKH PHHWLQJ %DURQHVV 0RUJDQ VDLG Ο:H ZHUH absolutely thrilled to have had the opportunity to meet with the Prime Minister to highlight these key areas of work, and to gain his support in improving treatments and quality of life for women with breast cancer.’ If you would like more information on how we’re shaping policy, please visit breastcancercampaign.org
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Fundraisers hit the right note...
Bold as brass Since then, Boobs & Brass has gone from strength to strength. The ladies have organised and played at dozens of concerts, and even performed with the awardwinning Brighouse & Rastrick Band in front of an audience of 1,200. ‘We get a lot of support from the brass band world but that was a highlight for me,’ says Margaret. ‘It’s like your local footie team playing with Manchester United. We couldn’t believe what we’d achieved and the audience loved it!’ Boobs & Brass has around ‘ ane and I have been friends 150 members from across the UK, for years – we’re like sisters although they don’t play at the really,’ says Margaret. ‘Jane same time, and each one of them had always wanted to form a is passionate about raising money ladies’ brass band but had never got for Breast Cancer Campaign. round to it, so one day I said: “Let’s ‘The girls come from all over to do it, let’s organise a concert.” ’ play – at their own cost. They’re Both women wanted to raise very dedicated,’ says Margaret. money for charity and Margaret ‘We’ve had nine girls within the immediately decided to donate band that have had, or who are to Breast Cancer Campaign, while receiving treatment for, breast Jane wanted to give some of the cancer. And there are other girls proceeds to the Ophthalmology whose mums or grandmothers have department at Kettering General died from the disease. I think being Hospital where she works. in the band helps them come to ‘Breast cancer affects so many terms with what’s happened.’ women, and a friend of mine had Recently, some of the ladies just been diagnosed with the extended their repertoire to dancing disease, so Campaign seemed like when they took part in Ashley the obvious choice,’ says Margaret. Banjo’s Secret Street Crew for 7KDW ¿UVW FRQFHUW LQ D VPDOO FKXUFK Sky1. ‘We told the band we were in Kettering was a huge success doing a concert for a documentary, and, much to Jane and Margaret’s then at the end six of us, including surprise, raised £5,000. me, did a dance routine,’ laughs ‘We couldn’t believe how many Margaret. ‘I know I looked ridiculous people turned up to see us, and but I don’t care if it brings attention how much the band members to the band and the charity.’ enjoyed it,’ says Margaret. ‘We knew straight away that we For more information, and concert would have to continue.’ dates, visit boobsandbrass.com
When Margaret Betts and Jane Nichols formed all-female brass band Boobs & Brass for one concert in 2006, they had no idea they would go on to raise over £100,000 for charity, including nearly £95,000 for Breast Cancer Campaign
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MAKING A STAND Margaret (front row with Jane) and band members, and on Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew (left)
BE PART OF THE CURE Have you been inspired by Boobs & Brass to raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign? Please visit breastcancercampaign.org
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STEPS TO SUCCESS
From running marathons to climbing mountains, our dedicated Breast Cancer Campaign staff are raising funds to BE PART OF THE CURE
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or many of our staff members, working for the charity isn’t just a job – it’s also a cause close to their hearts. That’s why lots of them decided to sign up for The MoonWalk back in May. The event is organised by the UK’s biggest grant-making breast cancer charity, Walk the Walk. Each year around 17,000 walkers don BREASTCANCERCAMPAIGN.ORG
pink bras to walk across London through the night – and 40 of those walkers come from the dedicated Campaign team. 7KLV \HDU D WHDP RI ÂżYH 03V DQG one Peer took part, as did Breast Cancer Campaign’s Chief Executive, Delyth Morgan. Walk the Walk has granted an incredible ÂŁ3 million to the Tissue Bank over the past three years, which helps us drive pioneering breast cancer research. As one Campaign walker says: ‘We walk in the hope that one day the money UDLVHG ZLOO KHOS VFLHQWLVWV ÂżQG D FXUH Âś
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s the Student Fundraising Co-ordinator at Campaign, Christina Owen (below) knows all about young people who want to do their bit for the charity. ‘It’s an exciting and varied role,’ says Christina. ‘One week I’ll be organising the London wear it pink Megaraid, the next I’ll be speaking about the Student Adventures London to Paris bike ride at a university.’ Christina also makes a huge contribution in her own time with personal fundraising, and having taken part in a few running events in the last two years, decided it was time to sign up for a marathon. ‘Running along the seafront was a major appeal for the Brighton Marathon, and who better to run for than the charity with the loudest cheer point on the day – Campaign!’ she says. Christina raised ÂŁ6,000 for Campaign through sponsorship from family and friends, selling old clothes on eBay, and holding an Easter bake sale, which raised over ÂŁ350. On April 14, Christina completed the Brighton Marathon, with her family and friends cheering her on. ‘Although it was hard training in the winter, I thoroughly enjoyed myself,’ she recalls. ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself now the marathon is over! I might just have to do another one.’
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efore she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Hannah Rolls, Supporter Care Assistant at Campaign, had never done anything to physically challenge herself. But that didn’t stop her from taking on Africa’s highest peak back in March. ‘I wanted to raise money for this amazing cause while doing something I’d be proud of,’ explains Hannah, who completed the climb with her sister Abigail. μ0\ ¿WQHVV EHIRUH , VWDUWHG ZDV pretty poor, but I trained three times a week over six months, and went on long walks to get my feet used to walking further than usual! I also climbed Snowdon and Scafell Pike,
which was fantastic practice for the real thing.’ As well as a rigorous training schedule, Hannah and Abigail set themselves the challenge of raising £7,000. Their joint JustGiving page ZDV VRRQ ÀRRGHG E\ GRQDWLRQV IURP generous family and friends, and the sisters also held a quiz night, which raised just over £2,000. ‘My sister’s company very kindly match-funded £1,500, and we also did a collection on our local high street which raised far more than we thought it would,’ explains Hannah. The sisters’ hard work paid off. To date, Hannah and Abigail have raised an incredible £7,619 for Campaign. ‘I can say without doubt that supporting a worthy cause like Campaign and reaching the summit of Kilimanjaro are my two biggest achievements,’ Hannah says. ‘I will share them with my sister forever.’
hen John Cousins, IT Manager at Campaign, decided to run the Virgin London Marathon, there was no question which charity he would support. ‘I live and breathe Campaign every day, so there was only one choice when it came to decide who to fundraise for,’ John recalls. Setting himself a fundraising target of £500, he raised more than £1,000! John started squeezing runs into his daily routine to boost KLV ¿WQHVV μ, KDG QHYHU FRPSHWHG in any sort of run before, so it was a bit ambitious to start with the London Marathon! But it is the only one that I ever wanted to do.’ On April 21, John completed the marathon in just under six hours. ‘The thought of pulling out did cross my mind,’ he admits. ‘But once I started fundraising, I was no longer just running for myself – I was running for a great cause.’
UP AND RUNNING John at his ¿UVW 9LUJLQ London Marathon
BE PART OF THE CURE Interested in taking part in an event for Campaign? Visit breastcancercampaign.org for more details
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Stopping breast cancer in its tracks DR RICHARD GROSE EXPLAINS HOW HIS RESEARCH COULD BRING US CLOSER TO TARGETING INVASIVE BREAST CANCER
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cancer patients at the forefront of the Tissue Bank’s work. Each advocate became involved following their own diagnosis with breast cancer, and although it hasn’t been easy, patient advocacy is a chance for them to have a say in the future of breast cancer research. Maggie Wilcox and Dr Adrienne Morgan have both been involved with the Management Board, and played an important role when it came to helping review research centres applying to be Breast Cancer Campaign’s Tissue Bank. ‘There were several very good applications,’ says Adrienne, who ZDV ¿UVW GLDJQRVHG ZLWK EUHDVW cancer in 2005, aged 49. ‘So rather than picking one existing tissue bank, we suggested to the Management Board that a few of them should collaborate.’ And they did. The Tissue Bank is based in four leading research institutions: Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London; the University of Nottingham; the University of Dundee, and the
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“ BREAST TISSUE IS VERY VALUABLE TO RESEARCH AND MUST BE USED WITH CARE AND RESPECT â€? - Mairead MacKenzie, Tissue Bank patient advocate who was diagnosed back in 2001 and invited to join by Maggie. Fellow advocate Jacqui Gath (not pictured) adds: ‘It’s important that patients know what projects their tissue will be used for, and if there will be any EHQHÂżWV 7KDW ZD\ WKH\ NQRZ WKHLU tissue won’t be wasted.’ In the future, the advocates would like to see the Tissue Bank collecting samples from all stages of breast cancer, from diagnosis to postmortem tissue, and hope that researchers around the world will also have access to the samples. ‘My cancer has returned, so it’s incurable,’ says Adrienne. ‘Progress in research may not help me, but for others the Tissue Bank is the single most important development to help speed up research.’
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treatments, known as ‘triple negative’. These cancers are not driven by high levels of oestrogen or progesterone receptors or the HER2 protein. Furthermore, even those tumours that respond to targeted treatments initially can become resistant over time. This is why clinicians and researchers are looking for more molecules and genes which could be used to guide treatment, avoid resistance and also help develop new treatments. 7KH DLP LV WR ¿QG RXW ZKDW is making individual cancers
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Q › My friend and I held a charity ball in a wood in Hertfordshire last year, which was a huge success. We would like to make this an annual event, and as we both know women who have been affected by breast cancer, we’d like Breast Cancer Campaign to be RXU EHQH¿FLDU\ FKDULW\ WKLV \HDU Would you be able to provide a letter which proves we’re fundraising for you so that we can get support from local businesses, as well DV UDIÀH SUL]HV HWF" ANNA HOLDEN, POTTERS BAR
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› I ran the London Marathon for Campaign in 2011 after losing my mum to breast cancer. I’m getting married this summer, and instead of having a wedding list I’d like to set up a Pink Ribbon Tribute Fund so guests can give money to Breast Cancer Campaign in her memory. How do I go about setting this up, and what would be the best way for SHRSOH WR GRQDWH" Q
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A › We’re really thrilled you have decided to support us, and working for an employer who agrees to match your sponsorship is a great way to raise even more money for our cause. Your fundraising pack, which includes a running vest, is in the post so you can start fundraising straight away. Thanks Jen!
A › Congratulations on your forthcoming wedding, and thank you for your amazing support. Setting up a Pink Ribbon Tribute Fund in your mum’s memory is such a lovely way to celebrate her life and remember her. It’s also something that can continue for many years to come, helping to raise vital funds for our research. And if you’re organising D VSHFLÂżF HYHQW RU FHOHEUDWLRQ such as a wedding, we can supply donation envelopes, bespoke wedding place cards and pins to ‘sell’ or give as wedding favours. For more information, please call our Supporter Care team, who will help you every step of the way.
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Rise to the challenge of the Major Series North in West Yorkshire
Take the plunge for research and sign up for the Big Pink Jump
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