Against Breast Cancer

Against Breast Cancer is a charity dedicated to funding ground breaking research to improve detection and increase survival after breast cancer diagnosis. Our expert scientists use one to the largest collections of breast tissue and patient samples in the UK to look for vital information that could identify the spread of the disease.

More women are surviving breast cancer every year but it is now the most common cancer in the UK with around 130 women a day, here in the UK, being diagnosed. Against Breast Cancer’s research looks at the whole woman through three interlinked areas of research – biochemistry, immunology, and diet and lifestyle. Our scientists are studying new ways that could help doctors identify and treat secondary breast cancer faster and our ultimate aim is to find a vaccine. Our national Diet and Lifestyle study is one of the largest in the world looking at the effects of diet, lifestyle and complementary treatments on breast cancer and long –term survival.

Our research has already identified complex sugars produced by the body which coat breast cancer cells and are associated with their ability to travel around the body. It is hoped that our work will lead us to create a blood and urine test to screen for these destructive cells and ultimately a vaccine against breast cancer.

Your support is vital for Against Breast Cancer every £1 you donate really makes a difference to our progress and ensures we can to continue our innovative research to develop ways to improve detection and survival after diagnosis so women and men can look forward to a future free of breast cancer.